Tag Archives: Marge Simon

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge!  We Have to Talkby Marge Simon  Darling, we have to talk. On this very sofa you proposed. We had marvelous sex right here for the first time, do you remember? Tonight, I found your … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Honors for Dead Loversby Marge Simon  Summer has fled. It is the dying season, when multiple graves beyond the house must be tended. I begin with floral arrangements, some more bountiful than others. Asters … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Girl Below Us by Marge Simon  She lives in the compartment below us with the potter. She is not his wife, she’s much too young for him. Many nights I hear her screams. … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Hidden Figures by Marge Simon  There are three of them. Tall shadows fading in and out of view Before your eyes. . Thin & long you discover them when a shaft of a streetlight pushes … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Modus Operando by Marge Simon  On this night, you are out for an evening stroll when suddenly you find yourself standing in the foyer of a strange building. There’s a stairway upstairs to the third … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! The Captain’s Logby Marge Simon  My liege, remember me? I’m your pale prisoner with amber eyes, grown thin as wheat, on my way to serve my term in the land beyond the seas. . … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Snapshots by Marge Simon  An August sunrise in Montego Bay. The heat begins like this, even thicker than the night. He sleeps naked whatever the weather. She disengages his arms, grasps a pillow, pulling … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Gone But Not Forgotten  by Marge Simon She’s a big girl now, well past middle age. Her hair has gone white and her joints creak, frown lines trace her sagging face. She forgets if … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! A Time for Planting by Marge Simon  She planted a garden that spring, and by fall had canned the resulting peas, squash and tomatoes. During the long winter, she dreamed of sharing her harvest with … Continue reading →

The Ladies of HorrorPicture-Prompt Writing Challenge! Brothers by Marge Simon  Over the years, it has tried many times to escape, but the walls would not open. Sometimes it finds things to eat, sometimes it chews on itself. It stank, but of … Continue reading →