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Weekly Contest #339
Liam and T, as Thaddeus now bid Liam call him, lounged at an umbrellaed sidewalk table outside Le Petite Boulangerie, sipping their iced lattes with an extra glass of ice and nibbling day-old chocolate croissants. The bistro’s brick facade was still in disrepair, and the broken windows were still boarded up after the earthquake. Qualified carpenters, masons, and so on, were swamped with work and demanding top dollar. Even they struggled to obtain critical building supplies given transportation challenges, including several key bridge collaps...
Weekly Contest #325
Liam bowed his head into the damp gusts raking him as he strode with Maria and Sadie down the length of the rain-slickened pier. Their destination, the tiny, cinder-block aquarium that housed Reefer the octopus, seemed to recede as they advanced.Dark, sinuous forms plied the slate gray waters on either side of the pier that reflected the close, bruised sky.He shouted, trying to make himself heard above the wind and the sea’s roaring churn as he related to his companions his octopus reverie of a day earlier.Whitecaps lashed and clawed at the ...
Weekly Contest #324
CW: Grief, loss Liam gaped, mesmerized, at the octopus staring back at him. It hovered gracefully above its colorful garden of shells, polished stones, and sand-scoured glass shards arranged in intricate patterns. Some of the shells lay in spirals or mosaics. Neon-pink, blue, and orange anemones and sponges popped against the background of leaden, barnacled rocks, extremities swaying as the restless current dictated. Iridescent fish darted about in tight schools.The creature’s tapered, nimble tentacles furled and unfurled in an exquisite slo...
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