Category: Mystery
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The Water Tower

The rickety old water tower leans away from the Moon toward the Wild Rose Gateway, as the river flows ferociously passed. The gathered storm clouds are starting to move away, revealing the eerie brightness of the dark night sky. Apart from the cascading waters all is calm and silent… this side of the Gateway, that…
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The Entrance to the Room Below

Darkened windows revealed nothing to come. Darkened windows masked what was instore. Darkened windows kept secrets hidden inside. Darkened windows darkened in the darkness. The open window didn’t look welcoming. The room below held many secrets. A few six word stories for Six Word Saturday… or the same story slightly rewritten six times. Seven, including…
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Forest Art

A few years ago as I wandered around a forest, I came across this chap. He has been featured on the blog before, but I think this is the first time he’s appeared square. Or in one, at least! Posted for Becky’s Square Perspectives.
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The House of Enchantment

From midnight until the first glimmer of sunlight, the old clock only tocks. It ticks and tocks as normal during the daylight hours and up until midnight, but then it loses half of its rhythm. Also, equally as strange, between midnight and the first glimmer of sunlight, it only chimes once on the hour. For…
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Who’s that knocking at the door?
Last night, late on, the doorbell rang. I don’t think any of the staff were on, actually, thinking about it I haven’t seen any of the staff for a while (I must look into that later!), so I had to trudge all the way to the door and answer it myself. It can be quite…