“Sprite, iced tea, orange juice?” My sister enjoys being a bitch. “Allergies, remember?” Damn citrus. I never should’ve come. “What’s for dinner?” “Salmon in lemon.”…
Author: R. Jean Bell
R. Jean Bell grew up in the United States but has spent the last twenty years in Denmark. A voracious reader since age three, she averages a book a day. She spends her time writing fiction and poetry, doing hobby photography, and being with her husband, horses, and dogs.
This time of year is when we do routine maintenance on the house. As I worked on the outside walls, scraping flaking paint and digging…
Terror grabbed my lungs in its sweaty fist and squeezed. No stick curved like that thing in the sand. A bite from a venomous viper…
Yesterday afternoon, my husband found an unwelcome visitor in our greenhouse. It wasn’t totally unexpected, as one of the nearby summerhouse owners had warned us…
A challenge on the Steem social media got me hooked on black and white photography. I find I especially enjoy abstracts.
After Eudora spoke the last words triggering the colossal spell from inside the pass, waves of thunder rolled and echoed above the misty vale. The…
The Beast liked to sit quietly in the shadows of the corner, its smooth coat almost blending in with the white and grey pattern of…
The shadow across her book turned Ruth’s fingers to lead. “It isn’t seemly.” Father ripped the book from her. “Come.” Head bowed, she followed two…
[epq-quote align=”align-right”]Use then if the situation relates to time, order, or consequences. Use than in comparative situations, regardless of the type of comparison.[/epq-quote] It is…
Writer Worries: There, They’re, or Their? The challenge with there, they’re, and their is that the words are homonyms (also called homophones), which means they sound the same but…