flash fiction & essays about words

water fall
if a bully’s pride

sometimes a joy
Writing, that is.

Tang berries
for a defiant boy

sometimes a joy
Writing, that is.

crinkly
a delightful little word

have or eat your cake too?
Which way is the correct way?

superblue superhero
my son shows me his colouring

jitka
Once upon a time under the midnight heavens . . .

without papers
based on a true story

Naween Raised a dragon
a story for children

yaba
he disrespect me

their secret agenda
conspiracies and a certain virus

stick candy
cute misfortune

Fay & fey
strange synonyms

knobbly monsters
and popular orange vegetables

Eggcorns and mondegreens
for all intensive purposes

the riverboat
gothic flash fiction

Hostage Returned
sci-fi microfiction

sesquipedality
or foot-and-a-half long words

posh
In 1930 The Times Literary Supplement received a letter . . .

what copyeditors do
And the copyeditor’s subroutines.

not the copyeditor’s job
But often thought to be.

What is a style sheet?