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The Bluegill Girl

Kara stretched her arms above her head as the morning sunlight shimmered down through the water and and slid across her face. She inhaled a large mouthful of water and it was refreshing as it passed across her gills. She kept her swim bladder at neutral bouyancy and floated within her circle of tall grasses. … Continue reading The Bluegill Girl

Posted on April 2, 2022April 1, 2022 by Cynthia PraskiPosted in April A to Z, Flash FictionTagged bluegill, fish. Leave a comment

Grupp and the Orange Fish

Grupp ran fast. We were out of town in a flash and coming up on an abandoned farm. He stopped at the dirt track that ran up to the house and dropped me on my feet. The roof of the house was collapsed and the fields were overgrown. I walked up the weedy drive to … Continue reading Grupp and the Orange Fish

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Cynthia PraskiPosted in SerialTagged bath, fish, ogre. Leave a comment

The Pond

This is a Portmanteau* story. I've been obsessed with portmanteaus, and this is the latest manifestation. It's a work in progress. She was a cortle, not a bratle, hovering under floaps, her friends the, Orish, swasting around her. The splurgling of her woret was beautilodius! But abwa, out of her woret, was the Dorld. The … Continue reading The Pond

Posted on July 27, 2021July 25, 2021 by Cynthia PraskiPosted in Fiction, PoetryTagged fish, pond, portmanteau, turtles. Leave a comment

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