Tag: Six Sentence Stories
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Jinkies

You don’t get to become a world-famous investigator over night… I mean, you could do, but you couldn’t really be any good at it. When I started out, I was terrible… no, not terrible, let me rephrase that, I was overenthusiastic. I’d somehow find myself in precarious situations, being the brains and the boffin of…
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Small Beginnings

All this little creature does, it seems, is sleep; well, sleep and eat the shredded paper it’s laying on… mind you, it is a very old dictionary, and that’s enough to put anyone to sleep. I’m going to have to build a special aviary for it (him/her); I know for a fact this species, especially…
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Palmistry

Open your right hand and hold it in front of you, palm facing upwards… notice the lines that go across, choose one but don’t allow your attention to lose focus upon the others. Whilst concentrating on your chosen line, notice if anything changes with it, or any of the others; the line may embed itself…
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Ritual

It’s the aroma of the incense that makes all the difference… it turns a basic ritual into a meaningful event. Add a few potions of different colours, slip in a few herbs and a sprinkling of crystal shards. Light a couple of candles. Make sure the intention is set, the elements are called in, and…
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Distant Memories

Professor Soupal and the apprentice looked at each other wanting to speak but not finding the right words… eventually, the apprentice broke the awkward silence. ‘Well, you got that slightly wrong, Professor,’ he said looking at the large hole in the ground, ‘it was neither Mayan nor old… how did it get there, and where…