Stories tagged “insects”
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The conversation of insects
By the age of 5, Phyllis could understand the conversations of insects. Phyllis’ unusual talent brought with it a degree of solitude, which further fuelled her interest in entymology, and the solitude and the entymology chased each other in incre...
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Mistress P
Even though spiders always held a silky place in Phyllis’ heart, their teachings never really made sense – or for that matter entered into her conciousness – until her divorce. He was a heavy drinker, Rum mostly – the golden wif...
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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...
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Bugs
I have always wondered about bugs. The creepy crawling things hiding under rocks, coming out at night, living in your shoes, under floorboards, & in the walls. The things that invade your spirit. I wondered about it all. I walked around staring at ...
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A Common Lure-
Two beautiful women were waiting for me as I entered my room. Lounging in my bed, they were clothed only in the movement of candlelight, shadow, and sheet. Inviting smiles sprung up as they noticed me. One gestured to me, a singular finger curl so sens...