This Obscure Life

In which the man realizes he is part of the circus “Elect a clown, expect a circus.’ “Pardon?” “This shit show,” Mery swept her hand toward the screens, “is what you get when you put a fool in office.”  ”I didn’t…” the man said with a twinge of disgust. “You’re American,” she said sharply, ”Everyone … More And How Are The Polar Bears? Friday Fictioneers 2026 January 24

In Which She Finds Nobody There There was nobody there. She checked the address Timothy had texted her. She heard distant laughter. Google maps showed this was the right place. But, nobody was there. Two picnic tables were at the ready, eerily unoccupied. The place was deserted. She texted Timothy, “where are u?” Three dots … More Sparkling Alley: Friday Fictioneers 2025-12-12

Fiction/word count: 100 When You Married Was a light snow falling when you walked through the streets that early morning to City Hall? And did the snow drive down as you said “I do,” so that when you walked out of the building as a married woman the snow was piled high in the streets? … More When You Married |Friday Fictioneers October 24, 2025