Thimblerig's Ark

• Happy Star Wars Day from Thimblerig's Ark! 2 weeks ago May all your lightsabers be elegant. Advertisements
• Tunneling, a short story 2 months ago Down there, below the street, as the sun sets today. Something buried deep is going to sleep, and something different is waking. It is an ageless balance which the engineers for the new subway tunnel have disturbed. Such things should stay asleep, as Philip Rattlekin, subway line 4, will soon...
• Hope 3 months ago My writing group’s prompt this time was “Hope”. I wrote a dialogue. — [Ex-husband and wife sit at a Starbucks, each with a cup of joe in front of them] Him: You say that too much. Her: Say what? Him: Hope. “I hope you get the job.” “I hope everything turns out alright.” Hope, hope,...
• A Twist of Lime 5 months ago A Twist of Lime by Nate Fleming I sat, resigned, and stared ahead My teacher stood beside. “How can you be so dense?” he said. I had no place to hide. “My instructions couldn’t be more clear if you’d simply take the time. It plainly says, if you’ll look here, to add a what of …...
• The Pint of Stout 8 months ago I sat in the dark corner of the drab, empty little pub staring at the pint of stout sitting on the grungy table. How long had I been sitting, staring? “You gonna drink it or not? We’re running out of time.” Considering that the irritable scowl on the bearded face of the dwarf sitting across...

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