Stories tagged “bee”

  • Floriography

    Edward’s tea, not even half finished, had gone cold. So had Edward. Elizabeth picked up a crisp, white napkin and dabbed at the corners of her mouth. She had grown fond of him and his confident, though chaste, advances. In fact, of all her suitor...

    • Author: jesteram
    • Posted almost 3 years ago.
    • 5 out of 5

  • Fear and Secrets on a Riverbank

    Secrets are funny things, I well knew. Once brought to the light of day, there is no returning them to the quiet shadows from whence they came. Such things ought not to be taken lightly. A woman who takes secrets lightly is a gossip. A man who does so ...

    • Author: THX 0477
    • Posted almost 3 years ago.
    • 4 out of 5

  • Tales by the Firelight

    “Then I would be most grateful if you could tell me…” The knocking took all their eyes off Elam and over to the corner door. Elam put the old battered book down, accompanied by sighs from the children at his feet, lifting himself out ...

    • Author: Match
    • Posted almost 3 years ago.
    • 5 out of 5

  • Percolators, Bees and Baby Chicks

    Thoughts are percolating in my head, buzzing like little bees. I’ve never been stung by a bee, but I’m terrified of them. I’ve never seen a real horror movie either… I think a movie by M. Night Shaymalan was the closest I ever g...

  • Down and Out

    I picked up the lawn chair I had stored in the barn to keep it from being dried and cracked by the harsh summer sun. I set it down in the usual place, between the side door of the house and the big elm tree. And I waited. My prey emerged from the roof ...

  • Bees

    Marie-Therese squinted through her non-prescription spectacles at her friend Elliot in a satirical kind of fashion, for Elliot is clearly a satirical name. Especially for a bee, which he happened to be. The name openly ridicules the letter ‘tR...

  • Bumblebee Balloons

    i am four. i am small. my room is BIG. and large, and vast. the ceiling is so tall. i feel little, like a bug in a big room. my bed is big too, i am sitting near the top and the bottom is far away. but in my room, it looks small. my room is not usually...

  • Life's Fill

    I made my customary trip out of my village, although today’s trip held a specific purpose. The warmth of the late morning whispered promises of an eternal summer. A curious bee hummed along with me before he got distracted by the flowers that lin...