The winds and moisture from the south, from the Gulf of Mexico, produce some beautiful clouds.
Author Archives: treshabarger
In The Queue
The newest Louise Penny book, The Long Way Home, arrived at the Austin Public Library. I’ve put a hold on it. I’m number 95 in the queue. I’ll be waiting a long time for The Long Way Home.
Fiction Friday: I’ve Done Worse
Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo prompt.
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“You have something green stuck in your teeth,” Carly said. Joseph attempted to dislodge it. “How about now?” he asked. “Still there,” she said.
He excused himself to their host’s bathroom. In the mirror he saw exactly what he expected to see: nothing. Humans had landed on the moon but, so far, no one had invented a mirror that reflected a vampire’s image.
Picking up their host’s toothbrush by the sink, Joseph gave his fangs a quick going over. Using someone else’s toothbrush? I’ve done worse. When finished, he threw it away. Being undead doesn’t mean being uncouth, he reasoned.
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To read other stories based on this photo, select the smiley blue frog.
Forest Faerie
Weekly Photo Challenge: Adventure
A photographic adventure, that is. I took a photography class at the Houston Museum of Natural Science and they brought out a few animals for us to photograph. Voilà, a baby alligator.





