Monthly Archives: February 2022

Woman Wielding Gun Pleads Guilty in Road Rage Case(exclusive to the Fort Myers Tattler)Fort Myers – 3 March 2022 – A local woman from Holismokealee pleaded guilty in criminal court today to charges arising from a road rage incident one … Continue reading →

Twenty seven year old Julliette Foster Carson-Williams pled guilty yesterday in county court to charges of assault with a deadly weapon, trespassing, possession of an automatic rifle without a permit, discharge of a weapon so as to endanger birds in … Continue reading →

Phoebe Oakley, a petite 44-year-old female, represented herself in court today. The charge was reckless endangerment with a handgun during a road rage incident. Ms. Oakley, (a.k.a. Anne) claimed her actions were well within reason, considering the circumstances. When the … Continue reading →

A streak of light came through the window, waking eight year old Ali from her slumber. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked at the light in wonder. To her young unfettered eyes, the beam was filled with a rainbow … Continue reading →

Author Note: This was a writing group challenge to write a story with a fictional “what if” scenario about a historical time or event. I am enamored with history and the idea of alternate realities. In this incarnation, a time … Continue reading →

“There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen Before there was light, before there was firmament or perdition, and even before there were creatures great and small, there was sound—an eternal vibration from which … Continue reading →

I sat in the small bus. The windows were painted gray but I looked forward over the shoulder of the driver. The sky was impossibly blue. I saw trees with splotches of gold and red mixed in with the green … Continue reading →

“You are a stubborn old fool,” Matilda chided. “We’d be rich now if you sold this place when you had the chance.” “My daddy’s, daddy’s, daddy built this place from the dirt up and it will get passed on to … Continue reading →

The prospective assassin opened the window wide, felt the noon heat wash over him.  Although he knew it was ready, he checked the rifle yet again, more by feel than actually looking at it.  The gun was as familiar in … Continue reading →

From where George sat, the woman in the car was somewhere around 40, though given the hard lines defining her face and the lack of gray hair, she was probably younger. Then he saw the car seat in the back. … Continue reading →

Walid Zumblatt’s Druze militia began the offensive with a barrage of 105 howitzers. The sound would cascade through the valley above the Beirut airport. The Lebanese civil war had been going on for over ten years. The destruction to the … Continue reading →

The vertical line of light ceremoniously slipped through the crack between the shade and the frame, resting on several rows of books that lined the library wall. The room was almost pitch dark as the sun rose slowly in the … Continue reading →

THE BEST LIGHT I was frustrated with my attempt to learn how to play the guitar. I loved music and always wished I had some kind of musical skill. It is not easy and I couldn’t understand how other students … Continue reading →

THE BEST LIGHT I was frustrated with my attempt to learn how to play the guitar. I loved music and always wished I had some kind of musical skill. It is not easy and couldn’t understand how other students could … Continue reading →

A beam of sunlight entered his room, turning the wall opposite the window a soft gold. It was the only bright light in the otherwise subdued hospice room. The old man in the hospital bed watched the beam flicker as … Continue reading →

<melancholy guitar diminuendo>The beam of light that through the window breaks reminds me, dear, of you,And all the love that we once shared, the happy times we knew,I know how lonesome lonely feels, alone since you are gone,I guess I’ll … Continue reading →

It was exactly 7:25 AM EST. I had just sat down to enjoy my first sip of my usual Grande Supreme Latte Delux when I spotted the napkin on the chair next to me. My first thought was “Don’t bother … Continue reading →

Jim sat staring at the screen of his work computer in total disbelief. The message was both clear and cryptic at the same time. If you want to see your family tonight, you must arrive at – dill. general. stateroom … Continue reading →

At threescore-ten-plus-nine years of age, I am no longer cavorting on ice-rinks and athletic fields-of-play with the same wild abandon that characterized my youth.  Not even close. My hockey skates have lain, undisturbed for lo, these many years, in a … Continue reading →

When I thought, I had seen it all, matured beyond my years I walked through a box store isle and heard pleasure to my ears Black and sleek like a Michael Jordon jump shot Calling out to me “take me … Continue reading →

This little snippet doesn’t fit in any prompt, but I’m sharing it anyway. The back story: Back in early 2019, I was invited to write a (different and longer) story about Cool Papa Bell for a collection of baseball stories. … Continue reading →

In a pandemic world of limited safe travel, two girlfriends and I decided to take an RV trip to visit another friend a few states away who was isolated, depressed and in need of a boost. With the best intentions, … Continue reading →

People are always in awe when a new discovery is announced. Whether it’s the cure for a particular disease or the first sighting of a planet no one had seen before, momentous discoveries stimulate the imagination and give everyone hope … Continue reading →