tanglebranch

Kendra dropped the dusty cardboard box on the coffee table. She pointed an accusatory finger at it. “You mind explaining why I found that in the attic?” Gran wrinkled her already-wrinkly nose. With unerring

Welcome back, dear readers of mine. I have for you today something of a reprint. I and the other contestants in the current stage of The Writer's Block 100-words contest have all spent the last while working

The waitress takes our untouched plates. She's uncomfortable. “How about dessert?” She's bleak. “We have cheesecake, tiramisu, or pumpkin pie.” She's innocent, caught in the crossfire. My husband squirms.

Any second now, she'll realize her mistake, and leave me for a better man. She knows me, and loves me anyway. Mad girl! She's nearly out of time to run. But she doesn't. When the preacher says it's time

“Your call is important to us. A representative will be with you soon.” Relax. Someone will answer. There's time. Feet up. Concentrate. Old pop on the line. Something breathy about breathing. Oh, the irony.

Wowie! What a day. Spent the morning catching up on some much neglected fiction writing work. So not a lot of activity then. After lunch, I unloaded some hay bales I'd stacked on my trailer yesterday.

Hey! Just trying out this new app, and started tracking yesterday. Life on the farm is very busy. Today my activities started early, with a 5:00 am sheep-chasing adventure! Naughty things broke their gate

The kitten saved me, really. The fighting ended, first time in days. Rations long gone, I emerged from hiding, seeking dead soldiers to loot. I heard her mewling. Eyes reflected my flashlight ray from

Ok, here we go, finally got this thing ready! Many many thanks to @negativer, @kd-neeley, and @fromage for giving me some pre-publishing feedback. This story has been brewing, percolating, tormenting me

This is a Chain story passed between @zakludick and @tanglebranch. Each writer authors a post based on the events of previous episodes and carries on the story. There is very little collusion between the

A couple days ago at the Writer's Block a group of us got together and tried writing up a short character sketch. The purpose of the exercise was to practice showing a lot of information about a character

This is Part 10 of a community-written, sci-fi parody serial. Mission 2 (ongoing) Part 1: Steem Wars: Be There Or Be Square, by @tanglebranch Part 2: Hip to be Square, by @negativer Part 3: I Can See Squarely

I've been researching some mainstream publishing venues lately as part of my thrilling Edit Club activities, and came across this interesting little gem a few days ago. Blue Cubicle Press is a small publisher

This is Part 5 of a community-written sci-fi parody serial. Find the previous parts here: Part 1: Be There or Be Square by @tanglebranch Part 2: Hip to be Square by @Negativer Part 3: I Can See Squarely

This is Part 1 of a community-written sci-fi parody serial. Our mission: As delivered by @gmuxx, The Time Lord: Galacdictator Tangle et al.... a distress signal has been detected in the Quadrangular Quadrant.

This is Part 4 of a community-written sci-fi parody serial. Part 1: Steem Wars: No, I Would Not Recommend This Product, by @tanglebranch Part 2: Steem Wars: In Space, No One Can Hear Your Spleen, by @negativer

This is Part 1 of a community-written sci-fi parody serial. Our mission: As delivered by @gmuxx, The Time Lord: Your crew is to visit the Spleen system and investigate a time-space-interface anomaly, which

So, in the past couple months, while I was working like crazy and had no time for Steemit, you can imagine that a lot has been going on! For my first update, I'll talk about the sheep. (Some of the pictures

...transmitting from... Intangible Perfector Class War Vessel Serial Number BYOB-9021-O Stardate 180520.7 ...priority message... This galaxy is in chaos. War and ruin, death and loss. Pain and sorrow and

I wasn't actually dead, of course! Just going through an extremely busy season of my life and something had to give. But I'm back now, with tales of adventure from the shearing trail, a flush of new happenings