The salsa music is on and I’m ready to write. The sun has set and just the faintest color of blue lies behind my madrona tree outside my window. In a few moments the window will completely frame “black”… Just total blackness -click- standing up I turn on my desk lamp and now see myContinueContinue reading “Killer Behind Me”
Author Archives: Shannon Laws
Mother
written January 2010This story is about a woman who is a lab created cyborg, in the way far away future. Humans are trying to perfect human and cyborg technology, and Abigail is their first success.The DNA for this project needed to come from a pure source. Archeologist had uncovered a vault full of human DNAContinueContinue reading “Mother”
NEIGHBORS
Written: December 2009This short story is based on a dream I had.Seattle, WashingtonIt was mid afternoon and Heather should have been at work. Getting a mid day list of items to finish for her boss to be ready for tomorrow was the most she accomplished. She worked at an archives agency and spent most theContinueContinue reading “NEIGHBORS”
Commuting for "Life"
written: Saturday, November 14, 2009After a hard day there is nothing like heading out to the beach for some wonderful Beach Therapy. This is free therapy time for anyone; you don’t need to contact your insurance company to see if it’s covered by your plan, ya just go. It was hard to believe while skippingContinueContinue reading “Commuting for "Life"”
Ides of March and 2012
Written: March 10, 2009Edited: March 27, 2011The Ides of March, per the Roman calendar is March 15th. In Roman times, the Ides of March was a festive day dedicated to the god Mars and a military parade was usually held. In modern times, the term Ides of March is best known as the date thatContinueContinue reading “Ides of March and 2012”
A Thick Ring Year
Written: Wednesday, December 10, 2008Living on an island that is only 55 square miles is starting to work its magic into my mind and heart. If I was a tree this “ring” year would be a thick one, meaning that there was more than enough nourishment, sun, rain and love through out this year toContinueContinue reading “A Thick Ring Year”
The Sand is Lava!
written: Sunday, November 23, 2008 Was at the beach today with my husband.Washington State beaches are littered with logs. The waves and storms throw the logs up onto shore in a kind of tiddelie-winks sort of mess. As we were jumping logs to get ’round from one beach to another I had a thought.As aContinueContinue reading “The Sand is Lava!”
Blueberries and Veal
The Puyallup Valley with Mt RainierDate Written: 2006 This was one of the first rants I had ever written, on purpose. I kept it in it’s original form for posting here:I grew up in Federal Way, a small city 45 min. South of Seattle, Washington. Thanks the volcanic activity the state is extremely fertile. As aContinueContinue reading “Blueberries and Veal”
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