3 Paws Saloon Attic

Fergie · Fergie

Many years ago, my Dad worked in the diamond mines in Kimberley. Often, he would come home from work, beaming and bursting to tell me the latest ‘yarn’ from a work-mate. Apparently, my Dad’s workmate was an ‘older’ gentleman; bluff faced and burly. His parents had come up from the Cape, by ox-wagon, he...

valkricry · valkricry

Tired. So unbelievably tired. My head feels as though it's filled with cotton batting, all my senses wrapped in gauze. Christ, how I long for sleep. To curl in Morpheus's arms, even for but an hour or two. We know, that can't be though. At least not yet. Not until they find a cure. Oh, that's rich, a CURE! A...

valkricry · valkricry

When Katie was twelve years old, she simply disappeared. She had told her mom, she was going to start her homework, but when her mother came to tell her it was dinner time, young Katie was gone. Her bedroom window was still closed and locked. Her door led out into the hallway, right past the kitchen. Mrs....

valkricry · valkricry

The only thing even remotely remarkable about the day it happened was the weather. It was as if a picture titled "The Perfect Day" had been torn from a coloring book and pinned up for all to see. An azure sky with a scattering of fluffy white clouds. Nothing ominous about it. No inkling that the world,as I...

valkricry · valkricry

Mina watched Michaela nail a board across the window. She noted that the hand that wielded the rock she was using as a hammer was still some-what bloodied. The younger woman looked tired to Mina, as if all she had to do was blink and she'd be asleep. "Michaela, why don't you take a break?" She asked in a voi...

valkricry · valkricry

"Once Upon a time ( as all truly great stories start, just ask any kid ) there lived a family as happy as can be. There was a mommy, and a daddy, and 2 children named Billy and Sarah." I see Dr. Greene arch his brow at me. He does not appreciate my sense of humor. I think the fact that he is void of ANY humor, very s...

valkricry · valkricry

We sat in a semi-circle, in the light casted through the cabin's window. It was twilight time, when every shadow took on an eerie meaning. Ms. Harp, had given us each a gingerbread man and sent us out here, with a firm warning to stay near. We could see her peeking out at us every so often. Twilight isn't sa...

valkricry · valkricry

They were just simple country folk. They worked hard, played hard, and loved hard. They tried to do right in their dealings with each other and other folks. They were honest, true blue back-bone of the country Americans. They believed only three things were worth fighting and dying for; God, family,...

valkricry · valkricry

I sit, poised for flight if necessary. Oh, I know running will only make it worse, but at least it will delay the enivitable. And, if by some miracle, I can dodge him long enough... He is standing barely a foot away from me, leaning down to bellow in my face. I try not to flinch as he grabs my chin in his hand, t...

valkricry · valkricry

As I pulled to a stop in front of an obviously abandoned two story house, Lori asked if I was sure it was the right place. I double checked the address. "Yeah. This is the place." We both stared at the greying farm house through the car's windows. "Looks like no one's lived here for years a...

Fergie · Fergie

The following happened to me while I was a student at Art School in Johannesburg, back in the '60s. (I know, that is a long time ago.) We had a teacher for a subject called 'Nature Study' called Mrs.Von S. As the name denotes, she was German. She was a dumpy lady with dark, greying hair pulled back severely...

valkricry · valkricry

First off, I did NOT write this. Fergie sent it in to me via email, and I thought it worth posting for her. Great Dog Story – very touching　 They told me the big black Lab's name was Reggie,as I looked at him lying in his pen.The shelter was clean, no-kill, and the people really friendly. I'd only been in t...

lil-wolfie · lil-wolfie

Only Once In Your Life ======================= Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for th...

valkricry · valkricry

Carefully, he drew the razor blade down his arm. Mustn't go too deep. He watched the blood bead up and trickle out of the line he just etched. It hurt, but he liked the pain. It brought a feeling of relief. A sense of control. It alternately dulled the pain inside and pushed aside the nothingness he someti...

lil-wolfie · lil-wolfie

Where's The Beef ================= Recently while making my semi-weekly purchases at my local area Wal-Mart store, in the chaos and confusion of checking out, I missed (and the cashier missed) a box of burgers on the bottom of my cart. In traveling to my car with my two overly rambunctious and hyper c...

lil-wolfie · lil-wolfie

FIVE MORE MINUTES ================== While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. "That's my son over there," she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide. "He's a fine looking boy," the man said. "...

valkricry · valkricry

I must have been about 8 when it started. At the time we lived in a large two-story house, living quarters and my parents' room downstairs, with two large bedrooms upstairs. My 3 brothers, ages 13, 12, and 4, shared one room, my younger sister and I the other. The most interesting thing about the...

valkricry · valkricry

Doctor Greene had the habit of leaning his elbows on his desk, and hooking his thumbs beneath his chin, while tapping his lower lip with the index fingers of his tented hands. Sometimes he'd close his eyes as if in deep thought and looked almost as if he were in prayer. Correct that, almost like a gnom...

valkricry · valkricry

It's funny, the older I get the closer memories of yesterday feel. It seems like only yesterday, I first laid eyes on the doll. It was Christmas time, and she sat all cozy in a wicker basket in Hennesey's Variety store window, with a toy train chugging along, winding its way past other toys, which...

valkricry · valkricry

Dr. Green sat behind his desk tapping his sausage like fingers together. He was a short bulldog of a man, with a ruddy complexion and a bulbous nose. Now and then he'd clasp his hands together and tap his index fingers on his lips, as if really pondering something. I had to give him credit, that littl...

valkricry · valkricry

DD stood on the side of the hill, clapping his hands in delight, a broad smile on his face watching the building burn. He couldn't have asked for more. Except for maybe xray vision so he could have watched the rest, still trapped inside, suffer. From a distance he could hear the wail of sirens coming,...

valkricry · valkricry

When ever things happened that Mike couldn't explain, or bothered him, he'd tell himself "That didn't happen". Like the time he asked pretty Melinda Sue out and she laughed saying, "Me? Go out with YOU!? Don't be ridiculous," he told himself, "that never happened." Or the time in the school sho...

valkricry · valkricry

She lied, even though she wanted very much to say yes to the offer of being taken to the store. The offer given after, her daughter had poked her head into the fridge and saw only a handful of condiments and 5 eggs nestled in the door. She lied, because of the tone in which it was offered, the ton...

lil-wolfie · lil-wolfie

FIVE SIMPLE RULES ================== Remember the five simple rules to be happy: 1. Free your heart from hatred. 2. Free your mind from worries. 3. Live simply. 4. Give more. 5. Expect less. No one can go back and make a brand new start. Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. God didn't pro...

musical · musical

So called because that's what the title is of my novel-in-progress.... Main character Mina is half-vampiress and feels cursed by that, wanting to hide her vampirism...but it's very back burner, it's more a *coming of age* story....here is the bit I have made so far. “MOM!!!!” ...

lil-wolfie · lil-wolfie

I try to laugh about it, cover it all up with lies. I try to laugh about it, hiding the tears in my eyes for the pain in my heart is so great,i can't help but cry.for the disrespect among family and friends are so great..i can't help but wonder.where did i go wrong to deserve this?one may say this..another ma...

valkricry · valkricry

In the dim twilight the woman could just make out the face of the man who was standing threateningly in front of her daughter and herself. They had already given him their purses, which he ransacked, snatching out the few bills they carried, and tossing the rest on the ground. The blade of his knife c...

valkricry · valkricry

One day when he was very young he said that morning tasted like orange. He might have meant simply that he wanted his morning juice, but from that day forward it was a family joke, that morning's tasted orange. "Wow! It's certainly orange today!" They'd exclaim on warm, summer day's when...

valkricry · valkricry

It had been, what she thought of as, a loosing year. It seemed all she did was loose...First her job, followed closely by the death of her only son, followed by her home. That is not in order of importance, but chronological. One blow after another, until she felt as if Life itself, was a wrestling match...

valkricry · valkricry

She had debated the issue with herself, over and over again. Twisting and turning it over and over in her mind, like a terrier mauling over a bone. There was no easy solution. No simple way out this time. She paced the worn kitchen tile, wringing her hands, glancing fertively at the over-flowing bill bo...

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	Only When I Sleep (Preview) Tired. So unbelievably tired. My head feels as though it's filled with cotton batting, all my senses wrapped in gauze. Christ, how I long for sleep. To curl in Morpheus's arms, even for but an hour or two. We know, that can't be though. At least not yet. Not until they find a cure. Oh, that's rich, a CURE! A...	valkricry	0	777	Jun 5, 2013 by valkricry
	The Dream (Preview) When Katie was twelve years old, she simply disappeared. She had told her mom, she was going to start her homework, but when her mother came to tell her it was dinner time, young Katie was gone. Her bedroom window was still closed and locked. Her door led out into the hallway, right past the kitchen. Mrs....	valkricry	0	449	Jun 5, 2013 by valkricry
	The Occurrence (Preview) The only thing even remotely remarkable about the day it happened was the weather. It was as if a picture titled "The Perfect Day" had been torn from a coloring book and pinned up for all to see. An azure sky with a scattering of fluffy white clouds. Nothing ominous about it. No inkling that the world,as I...	valkricry	0	743	Jun 5, 2013 by valkricry
	Best Not to Sleep (Preview) Mina watched Michaela nail a board across the window. She noted that the hand that wielded the rock she was using as a hammer was still some-what bloodied. The younger woman looked tired to Mina, as if all she had to do was blink and she'd be asleep. "Michaela, why don't you take a break?" She asked in a voi...	valkricry	0	591	Jun 5, 2013 by valkricry
	Germ Free (Preview) "Once Upon a time ( as all truly great stories start, just ask any kid ) there lived a family as happy as can be. There was a mommy, and a daddy, and 2 children named Billy and Sarah." I see Dr. Greene arch his brow at me. He does not appreciate my sense of humor. I think the fact that he is void of ANY humor, very s...	valkricry	0	560	Jun 5, 2013 by valkricry
	The Time Before (Preview) We sat in a semi-circle, in the light casted through the cabin's window. It was twilight time, when every shadow took on an eerie meaning. Ms. Harp, had given us each a gingerbread man and sent us out here, with a firm warning to stay near. We could see her peeking out at us every so often. Twilight isn't sa...	valkricry	1	497	Jun 5, 2013 by valkricry
	The Good Ol' Boys (Preview) They were just simple country folk. They worked hard, played hard, and loved hard. They tried to do right in their dealings with each other and other folks. They were honest, true blue back-bone of the country Americans. They believed only three things were worth fighting and dying for; God, family,...	valkricry	0	462	Jun 5, 2013 by valkricry
	The Power of Angels (Preview) I sit, poised for flight if necessary. Oh, I know running will only make it worse, but at least it will delay the enivitable. And, if by some miracle, I can dodge him long enough... He is standing barely a foot away from me, leaning down to bellow in my face. I try not to flinch as he grabs my chin in his hand, t...	valkricry	0	419	Jun 5, 2013 by valkricry
	Haunted Diary (Preview) As I pulled to a stop in front of an obviously abandoned two story house, Lori asked if I was sure it was the right place. I double checked the address. "Yeah. This is the place." We both stared at the greying farm house through the car's windows. "Looks like no one's lived here for years a...	valkricry	3	602	Jun 5, 2013 by valkricry
	Conflict and Death (True Story) (Preview) The following happened to me while I was a student at Art School in Johannesburg, back in the '60s. (I know, that is a long time ago.) We had a teacher for a subject called 'Nature Study' called Mrs.Von S. As the name denotes, she was German. She was a dumpy lady with dark, greying hair pulled back severely...	Fergie	2	420	Jun 4, 2013 by Fergie
	A Real Good Dog Story (Preview) First off, I did NOT write this. Fergie sent it in to me via email, and I thought it worth posting for her. Great Dog Story – very touching　 They told me the big black Lab's name was Reggie,as I looked at him lying in his pen.The shelter was clean, no-kill, and the people really friendly. I'd only been in t...	valkricry	1	397	Jun 3, 2013 by lil-wolfie
	Only Once In Your Life (Preview) Only Once In Your Life ======================= Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for th...	lil-wolfie	1	428	May 20, 2013 by valkricry
	ADDICTED TO THE BLADE A true story explicit language (Preview) Carefully, he drew the razor blade down his arm. Mustn't go too deep. He watched the blood bead up and trickle out of the line he just etched. It hurt, but he liked the pain. It brought a feeling of relief. A sense of control. It alternately dulled the pain inside and pushed aside the nothingness he someti...	valkricry	11	417	May 20, 2013 by Fergie
	Where's The Beef? (Preview) Where's The Beef ================= Recently while making my semi-weekly purchases at my local area Wal-Mart store, in the chaos and confusion of checking out, I missed (and the cashier missed) a box of burgers on the bottom of my cart. In traveling to my car with my two overly rambunctious and hyper c...	lil-wolfie	1	372	May 12, 2013 by valkricry
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	A Ghost Story (Preview) I must have been about 8 when it started. At the time we lived in a large two-story house, living quarters and my parents' room downstairs, with two large bedrooms upstairs. My 3 brothers, ages 13, 12, and 4, shared one room, my younger sister and I the other. The most interesting thing about the...	valkricry	4	443	May 9, 2013 by valkricry
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	I try to laugh about it (Preview) I try to laugh about it, cover it all up with lies. I try to laugh about it, hiding the tears in my eyes for the pain in my heart is so great,i can't help but cry.for the disrespect among family and friends are so great..i can't help but wonder.where did i go wrong to deserve this?one may say this..another ma...	lil-wolfie	1	545	Dec 26, 2010 by valkricry
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