STORIES

Aug 9, 2020
15 min

MARLA and the MOUNTAIN

All good people should know, From whence we came was b’low. Flesh of earthy rich clay Baked hard by heat of day. Though skies are our...

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Norma Hughes

Aug 2, 2020
5 min

THE CLOUD GIANT

In a small tin house, rusted raw by the wind, lived two young brothers. Each morning the boys would shovel the red dust that blew upon...

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Norma Hughes

Jul 26, 2020
2 min

THE BOATMEN

There were once two brothers, the sons of the Moon, each as rambunctious and conceited as the other. As they grew into men, so too did...

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Norma Hughes

Jul 19, 2020
3 min

THE MISSING LIDS

After my long pilgrimage through the wastelands of dust I finally came across a small house. There was not much else around, and I...

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Norma Hughes

Jul 19, 2020
1 min

THE DUSTY VETERAN

Old Mate would peddle his stories to anyone who walked by. He looked as old as earth; his face lined like the ripples of the desert. Upon...

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Norma Hughes

Jul 19, 2020
3 min

THE HUNCHED LADY

I was walking along a pebbly path of the finest yellow dirt with ridges deep enough that one was likely to trip if not paying attention....

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