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WHAT LIES BENEATH – #flashfictionmagic

January 25, 2023 by Sheri Leave a Comment

WHAT LIES BENEATH – #flashfictionmagic

It was one of those houses that looks…stiff. New and expensive, like no one lived or loved in it yet.
Margery wondered what the owners—who never seemed to be there—would think if she knocked on the door and offered to ruffle their house up a a bit. It was ridiculous, of course, but every morning she looked to see if anything had changed. Had the blinds been opened, or at least left a teensy bit crooked?
Had a gangly weed sprouted between the hard nosed boxwoods?
A year ago the For Sale sign had disappeared and she’d spotted a sleek silver car pulling into the garage. After that, the silver car came and went sporadically. Gardeners came and tended the boxwoods. The house kept its eyes closed.
It drove Margery crazier every day. She watched the door obsessively. Surely a cleaning lady would come and Margery could ask her a few neighborly questions? She hadn’t seen the silver car glide down the street in days.
Then it happened.
A single weed erupted right by the front porch step. It seemed to grow overnight, encouraged by early spring rains, until it towered as tall as the porch furniture.
Mesmerized, Margery wafted across the street in the chill, misty afternoon. Everything was tight shut as always, the garage, the windows. She gathered her grit and rang the doorbell. Nothing.
She moved to the back fence, the eerie fog prickling through her sweater arms. Stretching to her tiptoes, she meant to take a short peek and then dash back across the street. But she found herself surveying the shallow, muddy backyard, her gaze drawn to the thick woods bordering it.
Her fingers convulsed on the wood and a soundless scream shook her throat. A body lay at the edge of the trees, its skin drained white and its eyes staring dead at her.

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Hi, I'm Sheri Yutzy. I love forests under the night sky, trying new foods, and drinking Irish tea.
I'm married to a musician who looks good in black, mama to two toddlers who love to eat, and happy resident of a Cape Cod cottage in Ohio.
I write YA fantasy and am acquisitions editor at sparkflashfiction.com.
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I never seem to find enough time to do what I want I never seem to find enough time to do what I want to do.
Sound familiar?
This month I’ve learned a few things about pursuing quiet.
For me, quiet feels slow.
I think I can still pursue it even while having bursts of activity, but in between the bursts, I have to slow.
That slowness can breed frustration, which isn’t quiet at all.
It’s not really about making time for it, more about letting time go. Let it pass, without making it perform.
I love it even though it makes me uncomfortable to begin.
I had a little extra writing time last week and in this picture I’m attempting to find quiet in the midst of it. Journaling helps me focus my thoughts on quiet things.

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A misty rain has come and melted the snow away. We A misty rain has come and melted the snow away. We passed so many fallen snowmen on the way home from church. It was a little sad, but I’m going to enjoy the damp weather until it freezes again next week. Here in Ohio, we never fear, winter is always just around the corner again until April or so.😏
But it’s almost February, which means I want to start wearing pale pink and blue and poke around in the garden looking for hyacinth buds (they’re sprouting!).
Then I come in from the cold and read over a steaming cup of tea. I have lots of books to read before winter is done!
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