Fiction

I posted this elsewhere, but it was commented by one who read it that this needs to be read by more folks. So, I'm posting it here, as well. Please, tell me what you think.

Chapter 1

In grade six I got the chicken pox, a bad case of the chicken pox.  I remember feeling lousy, and the horrible itching.  Then the hallucinations started.  The giant bipedal rat was the worst.  After that, my memories have a gap.

The silver Dodge Durango, pulled up the gravel road toward a grey house with blue edging. Flowers bloomed all around, the air was heavy with the scent of their blooms.

                  Prairie's Children

         Escape From Gorilla Island

  "That is good news for you, my little one," said her Father, .....
  "Yes, Father, I can go outside for the first time in many days," she replied," I love the North Wind"

                Prairie's Children

Return to Gorilla Island

"More Visitors"

By Starla Anne Lowry

Chapter 3

Prairie's Children

Chapter 9

By Starla Anne Lowry

Return to Gorilla Island

Chapter 2

"The Visitors"

By Starla Anne Lowry

Prairie’s Children

Chapter 7

By Starla Anne Lowry

Here and Gone 

By Bel

The sun was bright and overhead.  A woman walking along a path towards him was slowly coming into focus.  

The old man closed his eyes for a moment and rubbed them slowly.  As he opened them, he looked around, adjusting a blanket on his lap.  Benches, trees, stones and paths: this was a park.  Looking closer at the stone in front of him he recognized the markings on its smooth face.  Carved into the centre of the stone’s surface was a large oak tree with a wolf sleeping contently at its base.  The roots of the tree continued down, beneath the imagined ground, forming two boxes, one on the left and one on the right.  The left box had a name and two dates, the right, a name and one.  The left name was his wife’s; the right, his.  He realized where he was.  It was the afternoon and he was in a graveyard.  He was visiting his wife.

The exciting conclusion! Our two "retired circus midgets" are outed as the runaway children they actually are, and leave for Florida with an unwanted and rather sinister travelling companion. At the airport things really start to go south. But will our heroes? [Again, certain elements may not be suitable for younger readers and PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED...]

Mr. and Mrs. Babalooskis---children disguised as retired European circus midgets---meet the neighbors and are thrown a housewarming party that gets a bit out of hand. While this was written as a work of Juvenile Fiction, PART II's depiction of irresponsible lowlife behavior, drug use (far from glamorized), and underage drinking (semi-accidental) may not be suitable for some kids. PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED...

Nine year old O.Z. and his best friend Jade find some money and run away from home together. When they discover that they risk being apprehended by adult authorities at every turn, they adopt some rather audacious disguises. And then things get really weird...

           Healing a Princess...13

                  (Calandra)

                                    By Tim Knight 

HEAVEN AND HEAVEN AND

HELL AND HELL AND HELL

Nick, a brain-damaged man residing in an Assisted Living Facility has a battle of wits with The Smartest Man In The World, with unexpected results. Rated MATURE, mostly for one rather spectacular instance of profanity...

Kissing the Rat

by Joyce Melton