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weave a web stories poems music thoughts weave a web stories poems music thoughts menu skip to content index stories poems music compositions novel a passing shower autobio bits of a boyhood autobio a staircase to somewhere else autobio my neck of the woods reflections awards about 3662 country road 7 replies the overgrown tussock on the unkempt verge of the road that went past maureen s country house was a mess maureen could see it all from her sitting room window unsightly the roads board people whoever it was whose job was to maintain the road didn t give a hoot who cares if the verge of the road was a disarray of weeds and brambles maureen decided to do something about it it took her over a month to slash through the overgrown area she dragged the weeds and cuttings to her back lawn where she had a small incinerator gradually she burned the waste when all was cleared she gave the ground a good rake and scattered several packets of wild flower seeds over the area do miracles happen or what the road verge was a picture in fact maureen saw several cars at various times stop and take photographs goodness knows how many others stopped that she didn t see at the height of the verge s beauty the roads board arrived with a big industrial mower and cleared the lot this entry was posted in a story a day creative fiction flash fiction tales yarns and tagged brambles country flash mower road verge weeds wild flowers on august 14 2026 by bruce goodman 3661 home from war 13 replies when seth returned to the village from war he found his wife and children gone everything in the house was as it had been the crockery and cutlery the pots and pans the furniture the drapes the only thing different was that the potted plants had withered for lack of water seth watered them probably to no avail he sat in an armchair and wondered what had happened and what to do next his excitement on returning from war had been great of course the plane trip from the war zone the bus ride to the village the walk towards his house along an almost empty village street soon he would be home what a surprise they would get but there was no one there nothing where had his wife gone his three children he had been at war for almost a year he had written almost every week occasionally he received a letter back and blamed the scarcity of mail on the war perhaps his wife hadn t been getting his letters either he had got a package of drawings from his children at christmas they had seemed happy enough seth wondered if perhaps they hadn t simply gone to the main nearby town to get groceries or something but the house felt unlived in it felt empty evening came and then darkness the electricity had been turned off the phone was dead deep down seth knew what had happened he had to face it his wife had run off with that albanian immigrant who worked in the knife and tool sharpening shop in the village they would have fled she had taken the kids with her what else should she do with the children seth stretched out on the couch in the living room but he didn t sleep this entry was posted in a story a day creative fiction flash fiction tales yarns and tagged children empty flash home war wife on august 13 2026 by bruce goodman 3660 dying wish 17 replies roland had been a perpetual moaner nothing ever seemed right it didn t simply rain it rotted the root vegetables the government wasn t merely corrupt it was plotting everyone s downfall everything was a conspiracy and now roland was dying for three weeks the nurses had put up with his constant complaints as the grand finale as the final drum roll he let rip the care here in hospital has been pathetic the doctors don t have a clue what they are doing the nurses are meddlesome and do nothing but gossip and worry about how they look the bed is uncomfortable the hospital chaplain s been three times like he wants me to die so he can get paid for the funeral and my wife has proved how useless she has ever been only visiting every day for just over an hour or so he died just as the last word was spoken his wife was called did he she asked did he perhaps have any final words it was very peaceful said the nurse he simply said can you draw the curtains please nurse as i wish to sleep this entry was posted in a story a day creative fiction flash fiction tales yarns and tagged complain death doctor dying flash hospital moan nurse peace on august 12 2026 by bruce goodman 3659 pins and needles 17 replies nelson had pins and needles in his arm so he waved it about to get the blood circulating a bit and it seems to work the same thing happened the next morning these days he can t wave his arm around there s no room in the coffin this entry was posted in a story a day creative fiction flash fiction tales yarns and tagged death flash health medical pins and needles on august 11 2026 by bruce goodman 3658 my charity foundation 12 replies don t you just hate being famous people stop you in the street you can t buy fresh vegetables without being hounded out of the produce department fame is definitely a cross to bear and one they never told me about when i was a nobody like you only the other day when i was walking down the street a woman was pushing her toddler along and the little toddler exclaimed there there the woman explained that the child had barely begun to say mama and papa but recognized me from television and couldn t resist calling out i gave the mother a two dollar note to buy the pathetic child an ice cream or something she said she usually didn t accept charity but since it was me she might just frame the money instead as a memento of the occasion and hang it on the wall there s no doubt that fame comes with riches i was a nobody before i went into healthcare and look at me now a rather silly and naïve politician said the other day that to get to be a billionaire implies you got there immorally immorally goodness she can call it what she wants but i worked hard to get my millions just the other day i got a request from the blind foundation i thought at first they were making drapes and window blinds for money to research health for eyes i pointed out that i got where i was through hard work and they should think about doing the same by way of example i pointed out that in the coming week i will be distributing a huge government grant for eye research there s going to be little left over to help the blind foundation s selfish cause period after that i shall be taking a well deserved break in the bahamas this entry was posted in a story a day creative fiction flash fiction tales yarns and tagged blind charity flash foundation millionaire money on august 10 2026 by bruce goodman 3657 a revolutionary evolution 13 replies it had to happen there s no stopping nature when it s on the march trudi put nine fertile eggs under her broody bantam and nine hatched that wasn t all unbeknown to her one of the chicks was the first intelligent chicken in the millions of years of evolutionary history my goodness me was the chicken clever or what it outdid the other chickens in everything first in food first in it was a rooster first in roosting on the highest perch nonetheless it was the point in evolution for which time had waited humans would no longer be the dominant species on the planet chickens were about to take over trudi found the rooster too bossy she chopped its head off and they had it for dinner this entry was posted in a story a day creative fiction flash fiction tales yarns and tagged eggs rooster chickens evolution flash intelligence chicks on august 9 2026 by bruce goodman 3656 never a truer word 15 replies this is the seventh and final in a week of oxymorons microsoft works this entry was posted in a story a day flash fiction fiction yarns tales creative and tagged flash microsoft oxymoron works on august 8 2026 by bruce goodman 3655 just dessert 19 replies this is the sixth in a week of oxymorons haydn wasn t particularly fond of strawberries he always found them a bit sour a bit dry a bit nothing to write home about his parents loved strawberries and for any occasion no matter how small strawberries and ice cream was the dessert it s not that haydn s parents couldn t cook they could whip up a mouth watering gâteau st honoré before you could blink but it was always strawberries and ice cream for any meal with a significance haydn dreaded having dessert on these occasions he d eat the strawberries and try to say by his cheerful countenance that dessert was lovely but he couldn t wait to leave home get married and never have to eat strawberries again or at least not have to eat them as often he was well on the road to strawberry less marital bliss because he d recently met winifred winifred was everything he had ever dreamed of winifred couldn t put a step wrong winifred marvellous winifred she liked strawberries oh yes so did haydn all of a sudden winifred had prepared a dessert harvey had never tasted anything so scrumptious they were divine they were out of this world they were disgustingly delicious this entry was posted in a story a day creative fiction flash fiction tales yarns and tagged dessert flash food love strawberries on august 7 2026 by bruce goodman 3654 meet the parents 23 replies this is the fifth in a week of oxymorons kathleen had invited harvey to meet her parents harvey wasn t too sure about that it s too early in our relationship why do you want me to meet them what if i don t meet their standards harvey said he d think about it do they want to meet me why are they keen to meet me what do they already know about me kathleen was growing impatient just come and meet them she said but harvey still wasn t sure in the end he gave a definite maybe this entry was posted in a story a day flash fiction fiction yarns tales creative and tagged boyfriend flash girlfriend maybe meet parents relationship on august 6 2026 by bruce goodman 3653 good grief 8 replies this is the fourth in a week of oxymorons debbie and sam were happily driving along on the way to debbie s cousin s wedding when their car ran off the road hit a tree and they were killed the wedding went as planned because quite frankly news had not yet arrived at the wedding venue news arrived during the reception a lot of guests had known debbie and sam the newlyweds said they would postpone their honeymoon until after the funeral whenever that was in the meantime all should continue the festivities a little quieter than intended and maybe even a little more sober it was a very sad celebration this entry was posted in a story a day creative fiction flash fiction tales yarns and tagged accident wedding funeral flash sad celebration on august 5 2026 by bruce goodman post navigation older posts bruce goodman 2013 2026 index stories poems music compositions novel a passing shower autobio bits of a boyhood autobio a staircase to somewhere else autobio my neck of the woods reflections awards about 10 most recent 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