All over the world,
Young boys and young girls
Went to sleep on that night;
Dreams of gifts and sleigh’s flight.
This is part fifteen of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part sixteen!
Well, here we go again! How are you guys? In the Christmas spirit? As if there’s only a handful more of these Reedsy short stories left of 2019… It’s hard to believe that there’s less than two weeks left of this decade!
Anyway, this week’s Reedsy theme was ‘talking shop’. After some deliberation, I chose prompt #3 — “Write a short story about someone watching a convincing infomercial.” Even by my standards, the story I wrote is a little strange… It’s about a vampire who buys a fruit juicer. No, I’m not joking. The title of my story is A Heart Is Not an Orange, and you can read it here on WordPress or over on my Reedsy profile.
Martin Wilson never returned from his student exchange program abroad. This is mostly due to the fact that he didn’t escape the vampire.
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I hope you guys like it! I did laugh to myself once or twice whilst writing this. I did mutter to myself, “What the hell are you writing, Joshua?” on more than one occasion. But, I had fun. And really, isn’t that the goal of this hobby?
Also, I hope everyone is enjoying my little Christmas tale — Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Christmas. I’m having a blast with it!
All through the day and all through the night,
The workers ploughed on, without respite.
And as Christmas Eve drew nearer and nearer,
The tragedy to come became clearer and clearer.
This is part fourteen of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part fifteen !
Some elves did spot that old Nick wasn’t right,
But those that spoke out went missing that night.
The servants that stayed laboured all day as slaves;
And what they worked on they will take to their graves.
This is part thirteen of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part fourteen!
What emerged from the shadows should never be seen;
Sharp teeth, glowing nose, and eyes that are mean.
To this stomping beast I wish I was oblivious,
A hooved abomination; a reindeer carnivorous.
This is part twelve of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part thirteen!
Off ran the thing that was recently dead,
He tore through the workshop, heading straight for the shed.
From the open door came the whine of reindeer
If Rudolph is scared, then you’ve something to fear.
This is part eleven of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part twelve!
With a growl and a groan, and a “HO-HO-HO!”
Santa jumped up and danced on his toes.
But look in his eyes, you’ll see something’s not right;
The whites of his eyes are now as black as the night!
This is part ten of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part eleven!
Some say a spirit or demon took note
Of the empty body that had started to bloat.
All we know now is this simple fact:
What happened that night, we cannot retract.
This is part nine of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part ten!
An odd wind blew on the night of his death,
Something dark swirled after Nick’s final breath.
His hands they did twitch, his eyes they did stir.
Ask anyone, they’ll tell you: something strange did occur.
This is part eight of a larger story for Christmas. All parts are in the form of a stanza of a poem. Check back tomorrow for part nine!
Hey, guys! How’s everyone doing? We all in the Christmas mood, yet? My partner and I bought our very first Christmas tree the other day, so we’re feeling quite festive!
This week’s Reedsy theme was ‘Pocketful of Sunshine’. I had a hard time picking which prompt I wanted to write to, but I eventually went with #2 — “Your fingers tensed around the object in your pocket, ready to pull it out at a moment’s notice.”
I really liked how the story turned out, and I feel that the characters and worlds have the potential for many more stories. I definitely want to pay these guys a visit again, at some point in the future. I think a prequel or a sequel would be in order… The title of the story is Timebomb, and (you know how it goes, by now!) you can read it here on WordPress, or over on my Reedsy profile.
There were too many to fight. He was outnumbered ten thousand to one. He watched as they all raced towards him, vengeance in their eyes and murder on their lips.
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Well, that’s it for today, guys! Oh, and I hope you’re enjoying my little Bite-Sized Xmas series! If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can read part one of Yule Be Sorry: A Very Bite-Sized Xmas right here!
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