Category: humor
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Tantrum on Time in the Age of COVID-19
I gather from assorted newscasts that lots of people have lots of time on their hands as they shelter in place. So they’re bored and they take to drink or binge watch The Good Place on Netflix or obsessively play Sudoku and Solitaire on their smart phones. Well, personally, we don’t have all that much…
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Fun in Old K.C. only 99 Cents
As their wedding day fast approaches, Minty Wilcox has some questions about her fiancé Daniel Price. Did he really kill someone? Why has he never told her he’s rich? And for goodness’ sake, where will they go on their honeymoon? From Minty’s journal . . . But back to my story of naming the…
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Free Fun Short Story
“Stop! Thief!” a woman screamed. Across the lobby, outside the New England National Bank stood a stooped woman in black and a raggedy little boy. The woman pointed to a fellow running up the stairs and shouted, “Come back here with my purse.” Then, seeming to notice Minty and Daniel for the first time, she…
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“But Wait!”
A Progress Report Since my cataract surgery, I’ve been saying “But Wait” to myself a lot. “But wait! Don’t you have to put your glasses on before you can see to walk around the house?” “But wait! Don’t you have to take your contact lenses out before you put those eye drops in?” “But…
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A bit more time . . .
Just then a hullabaloo erupted outside. Men shouted. Horses neighed. A dog barked. In the kitchen, Gerta shouted, “Frau Vilcox, Herr . . .“ But a cat squalling, a dog baying, and a man swearing drowned out the rest of what she said. As Mama smoothed her hair and smiled, Minty sprang up from her…
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Cozy Historical Mystery on Sale
MISCHIEF IN MARCH Book 3 in the Calendar Mystery Series By Juliet Kincaid Excerpt from Minty Wilcox’s Journal 11: 55 p.m. on Friday, March 23, 1900 It’s shortly before midnight on the very last day of my life as a single miss. Or so I hope and pray. Right now, I’m sitting on…