Feb 29
by bibelotm_wp in Story 0 comments tags: Cat, Fiction, Illustration

Smoky and The Visitors

  L. Street is a funny little crooked footpath zigzagging up the side of the mountain, connecting the houses that cling for dear life to its slopes. Halfway up the zigzag sits little Smoky. Her job is to sit on the fence near the mailbox and greet the visitors, and she takes pride in her work. Smoky is alert at the first sound of footsteps, and softly mews greetings. She has considerately stationed herself at an ideal height for petting. Her ash-coloured fur is so soft you’re not sure you’re touching anything – it’s like running your fingers over smoke. Despite her advancing years, she remains the size of a kitten. But she doesn’t frisk and bumble – she is on duty, after all – and carries out her duties with an air of solemnity. She sits there all year round, at any time of day; amusing sweaty posties under the shade of the trees on sunny mornings, or charming loudly affectionate merry revellers in the moonlight. She has graciously accepted attentions in this way for years, welcoming weary travellers who stagger up there, fling their shopping aside and spend a good five minutes fussing over this little animal. She […]
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Dec 07
by melinosa in Story 0 comments tags: Christmas, Fiction

White Christmas – Part 2

Continued…     Alex started after the wolf girl but somehow couldn’t close the gap between them. She tried to call out, but the moonlight and the sound of the sea stifled the words in her throat. The air was still and the lights of the city shimmered, curving around the bay, reflected in the water. Alex chased the girl through a black weightless void full of points of shivering light. The girl continued to bumble purposefully along, always out of reach. On impulse, Alex sped up, and suddenly her quarry ducked into a gap between two market stalls. Alex was sure she was right behind the young wolf but somehow missed her and stopped short, blinded by the sudden darkness, on the threshold of a dank, empty underpass that she didn’t remember seeing before. She sighed and stepped into the black square, feeling the way one step at a time with her throbbing feet. Away from the lights of the city, she could hear echoing footsteps but see nothing. The smell of urine emanated from the floor.   Gradually a pale patch at the end of the tunnel became discernible. Alex walked cautiously up graffiti-covered steps, emerging into a […]
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Dec 04
by bibelotm_wp in Story 0 comments tags: Christmas, Fiction

White Christmas – Part 1

  The lights twinkling on the plastic fir trees made the store windows glow in the warm darkness. Santa sweltered in his red suit, bearing a sack full of polystyrene and beribboned empty boxes. The moon hung above the city, over its shops, bars and office blocks, coolly supervising the silent summer night.   It wasn’t silent for long. The sound of commercial dance music mingled with beery shouting poured out into the night and then ceased abruptly as Alex shut the heavy kitchen door with a thunk. She stepped slowly on to the street and looked around, breathing the clean air gratefully. It was late, approaching midnight. The streets were deserted.    Alex was exhausted. She was sweaty, her feet ached, the smell of lard clung to her hair. She had just finished a demanding shift for some corporation’s Christmas event. Dinner with all the trimmings; sexist chefs, customers fussing about the gravy, the washing-up being finished a whole hour behind schedule…  And now she was alone, in a strange midsummer Christmas Eve far from home.    From somewhere nearby came the faint sound of Bing Crosby dreaming of a white Christmas. Families watching telly together, passing around the chocolates. […]
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