Sharon Dunstan
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Artist, Author, Licensed Private Investigator, Domestic Goddess.
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The 90 year secret...
Run faster!... Run faster!... Run faster!...a blood-curdling scream echoes out from the depths of my mind sending a shudder through my entire body. From across the bloodied field, strained panicky voices are calling for a medic while another stronger and more terrified voice yells... "LOOK OUT!!!!...(a faint whistle registers in my brain) ...I look up in time to see a mass falling from the sky...I gotta run faster!... my feet feel like they're stuck in quicksand...my legs are pumping up and down...my arms are flailing at the air trying to cut a path for myself against an invisible resistance...gotta move!...(the whistle sound is growing louder and the dank cloying air is closing in around me)...my feet have to move faster!...come on!... faster!... faster!.........KABOOOM!!!...
By Sharon Dunstan3 years ago in Fiction
Lilith's Cabin
“"The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. For decades, few weary travelers on horse-back had ever had the steely-nerve to stay here...and lived to tell the tale." my husband said lowering his voice for dramatic effect, as he grabbed a stick to stoke the already blazing fire.
By Sharon Dunstan4 years ago in Fiction
Is it a bird?...Is it a plane?...No! It's my Dad!
Sunday, July 3, 2022 – Checking emails over my first cuppa of this chilly winter morning – reading that a new Vocal Challenge is up – “I love it! Gotta get movin’ on this one...This is gonna be a bloody breeze!’ I thought to myself. But, responsibilities beckon, get the basics done first though – you know ‘a woman's work is never done’ and all that shit. So, first things first, finish my smoke and then flick the kettle on for the second time this morning (approximately 5 minutes to story time!!! Soooo excited!!!). Ok, while that's doin’ its bubble and boil thingy, daily chores, here we go, I load the washing machine and start the eco quick cycle – Check! Load Dishwasher, start eco cycle (do you see a pattern here - I do care about the environment and our energy usage you know -dad always said to keep an eye on our carbon footprints and how much energy we consume ...”there’ll be wars over water and energy one day”) – Check! Spray ‘n’ Wipe ‘Labitchen’ – now I should explain very quickly what this means – we’re in the throes of building our home, so, in the shed at the moment we have a combined Laundry, Bathroom and Kitchen...you see what we did there ?...(clink) Yep, there it is, I heard the penny drop – you get it now. So anyway, on the kitchen bench sits my Darth Vadar mug that says ‘I like my coffee on the dark side’ (yeah, had to share that with ya, a little chuckle for you all at my expense, thank you very much), complete with 2 sugars and a lipton teabag hanging out waiting to steep – Check! Change out of the pj’s - Check!. Got my Star Wars fluffy socks on – Check!. Star Wars tracky-daks -Check! Fave black scarf – Check! ‘And tharrrr she blowwws!’, (hehehe...) sorry everyone, forgive me, I couldn't help it, it’s my slightly warped sense of humour getting the best of me – that's just what goes through my head every time the kettle boils. As I pour boiling water over my teabag this is what I do...‘(breathing out) Kssshhh, – (breathing in) Kssshhh, - and repeat - Kssshhh, Kssshhh’ – again, my giggles are getting the better of me this morning – that's what I do each time I fill up my Darth Vadar Mug...I know, I'm incorrigible...I blame it on my dad – his sense of humour really is first rate – in my eyes anyway!...just ask my friends about the shit that he used to tell us all about when he was a kid...I swear, we all held our bellies from laughing so much it hurt! Ok, back to getting writing ready to tell you a story about my dad...but which one??? Hmmm...
By Sharon Dunstan4 years ago in Confessions
WE ALL SCREAM...
Aaaaah!!! Summertime!!! The fragrant scented air – the unmistakable aroma of bodies on the hot sand frying themselves with everyone's favorite – Reef Oil – the heady scent of the coconuts that gave their lives so you could cook your skin to a crisp – not dissimilar to bacon if you stay out there long enough! The bronzed surfer dudes, nary a wet suit in sight, water dripping from golden locks...surfboards stabbed into the sand.
By Sharon Dunstan4 years ago in Feast
Megin of Elskin
Megin of Elskin By Sharon Dunstan Chapter 1… In the shadows they lurk... “There weren't always dragons in the Valley…” I said quietly. Simultaneously allowing my mind to unlock and allow my darkest thoughts to surface, to come up for air from those secreted hiding places deep inside my head where I had stored the worst of the gut-wrenching memories of the dark and blood-stained past here on Gaia. No being could have foreseen the death, destruction and sheer devastation that befell our planet a mere 10000 moons ago.
By Sharon Dunstan4 years ago in Fiction
