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That evening as we were driving along my wife said “The shop StunTex is nearby. Allow me a few minutes there to see their new dresses.” I said “Okay. But it’s near their closing time.” I parked outside the shop and saw it had been shut. I said “Now that we’re parked why don’t we have some ice cream? We could sit in the park opposite for a while. I feel like sitting there due to fond memories it evoke...
The answer is simple: They are the faint hearted. Joe was walking along a lonely road talking on his phone. A man I will call Gag suddenly swooped on Joe to seize his phone. Both Joe and Gag were total strangers to me. I was watching what was happening from a distance. Would I go to help Joe? I would seek instant answers to several questions: Was Gag more powerful than me? Was he armed? Would my going to Joe’s help endan...
I am Ptocho and was a citizen of Broq island on planet Tellus. I had been highly regarded for my ability as an astronomer, magician, wizard and also medicine man. However circumstances conspired against me and the king ordered me exiled to Dulam island which was done. That island’s oldest citizen was Zoya, a woman past 35 who had been exiled for some lawless act she did commit. I won’t go into the pasts of those on Dulam...
It was early morning as he stood at the window of his house looking up. He saw the Bezeq fountain in eruption as usual, water squirting up and coming out like smoke. Who was he? He was Ptocho the well-known astronomer and magician who practically ruled that little territory on Tellus. Only a couple of days earlier he had returned from Rubi Isle after meeting the king. He was satisfied the ruler had been most cordial. He ...
(This story is set on Tellus, earth’s twin, 800 years younger, evolving.” The town o0f Zuzim was very prosperous as demand for agricultural products was booming - particularly sugarcane which was grown in abundance in the region. There were big stills in which sugar solutions were boiled and poured into moulds to produce jaggery the chief ingredient of indigenous confections. Citizen Mjol not only owned sugarcane ...
(This story is set on Tellus, Earth’s twin, 800 years younger, evolving.) “Are you there God? It’s me Qima. I became a widow at age 18 and have been facing problems. You know my story and my suffering.” Hear her story as I tell it: Qima was only 16 when she got married to Rusq who was a sailor. He was a handsome young man no doubt but he would often be away at sea. Of course he was coarse like all seafarer...
I am a female ascetic and I call myself Tora which I heard is tigress in Japanese. I am the youngest of 3 daughters of my parents and will be 20 next birthday. My sisters have married and have settled elsewhere. How do I look? Well I am attractive, am fair and am slender and tall. I have long hair reaching up to my hips which I’ve knotted behind my head. I wear ochre robes concealing the feminine curves with which I’v...
(This story is set on planet Tellus, earth’s twin, 800 years behind and evolving.) Qoqa was young, handsome and sturdy and would work hard. Farm owner Fez chose him to be supervisor of his farm. Fez’s daughter Milma managed the farm under the overall direction of Fez himself. Qoqa was given a living quarter on the farm where he lived alone. Milma was quite young and very attractive and Qoqa would often dream of ge...
(This story is set on the newly discovered planet Tellus, earth’s twin, younger by 800 years and evolving) To tell you the Spark Story I have to begin by telling you about Tellus and Circa. Nature brings its seasons, heat in summer and cold in winter. If you were in the town of Ficoq on Tellus you would experience snowfall in winter. Natives prepare for it and so their dresses completely covered their bodies year ...
A NAMELESS WORLD? Before attempting to respond to Reedsy’s prompt about a nameless world I thought I would write about a name full world and see the difference. Here it is: Everything sentient and non-sentient has names. A name is the word by which a person, animal, place or thing is spoken of. To start writing this blog I need paper and pen. Without names these objects can’t be identified. People have been...
(This story is set in the newly discovered planet Tellus which is Earth’s twin, about 800 years behind, still evolving) CAPTAIN SPEAKS: I am from a family of fisher folk and used to go to sea since I was very young. As I grew up there were family problems and I decided to quit home. I came into contact with a crew of a ship and through him became a sailor. Over the years I went on many voyages and made a lo...
I was looking into the massive roll top desk which had belonged to an ancestor when I saw a stout old fashioned Sheaffer’s fountain pen with my name engraved on it. I remembered it was a costly American make. I took it out and unscrewing the cover saw the big gold nib labelled 14K. It looked to be in good condition. Near it stood a bottle of Scripps ink. I lifted it and found it had a well on top which could be filled b...
Bean comes home in his vintage car, opens the door, finds old Julia in her sofa patting the cat. Bean shuffles upstairs. BEAN: I’m going to make myself a hot cuppa. He searches in the shelf overhead for a pot. The cat has been following Bean. Bean wants to select the pot and as he examines what he has, the cat jumps up and pushes a pot down. Pot crashes breaking into pieces with a loud noise as Bean chases ...
(This story is set in the newly discovered planet TELLUS which is Earth’s twin but about 800 years behind and evolving} Rubi Isle is a thriving business centre with a large floating population. Very near the docks was the Paz Inn where transient visitors could camp. Paz was basically a fisherman who had inherited the land close to the port. He had developed it with borrowed money and built the Paz Inn. It was run ...
govindraj shivaram <govindraj_2003@yahoo.com> To: govindraj Mon, 3 Jan at 10:00 pm SPIRIT OF THE MEDIUM (This story is set on newly discovered earth’s twin TELLUS that is about 800 years behind us and is evolving.) It was a bright summer morning on Rubi Isle. Gardener Hertz who was about 3...
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