Tag Archives: Horror

Coming Home for Christmas – a Heartwarming Flash Fiction Tale

“Coming Home for Christmas” is a little flash fiction piece I wrote for today’s blog event on Turning the Pages Books. They provided this picture as a photo prompt. Alas, I do not know who to credit for it. At … Continue reading

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Flash Fiction: “Dad’s Helping Hand”

I wrote this last week, but it’s the perfect Halloween story. Enjoy! ********************** Leonie decided to go to her father’s grave, to ask for his help. She always did that when stuck in a difficult spot, and it was almost … Continue reading

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Zombies and all that

Well, this is another rant. Kinda sorta. You see, every time when I see another creepy horror cover on Facebook, every time I see a gruesome face covered in blood, every time I see more nightmarish creatures advertising a book, … Continue reading

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The Sabre-toothed Cat

There are few animals that can fire up a child’s imagination as quickly as the sabre-toothed cat. When they learn about the ice-age fauna, they are less impressed by the mammoth or the wooly rhinoceros, no, it’s the sabre-toothed cat … Continue reading

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Der Säbelzahntiger

Es gibt wenig Tiere, die die Fantasie so sehr anregen wie der ausgestorbene Säbelzahntiger. Wenn Kinder etwas über die Eiszeit lernen, dann beeindruckt sie nicht etwa das Mammut oder das Wollnashorn, nein, es ist der Säbelzahntiger. Und auch wenn wir … Continue reading

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