Drippy Musings
59 Original Stories posts. Fiction and essays written here: the Decameron 2020 project, the Westenra Memorial stave, the ninth-anniversary novel post. The writer behind the repairman.
Death & Mrs. Brock by Art Cerf Who knows what lurks just outside your door? Could be death…or just a Fowler’s toad. Matilda Brock, all of 90, sat in her nursing home room, enjoying the sunbeam coming through the window, as winter reluctantly gave way to spring.” Suddenly at the door, hooded death appeared. “Where…
The God-like Surgeon By Art Cerf Here’s a photo of a barn before a rainstorm. It has nothing to do with the story. We just like to show off some photography. Montgomery Vandergriff knew he wasn’t God, but he felt he’d make an excellent understudy. Excuse me. That’s Dr. Montgomery Vandergriff, internationally-renowned surgeon with enough…
Greetings from Gales Ferry, home of the Yale Regatta. Here’s hoping you have a funny, sunny Labor Day. Happy Labor Day Weekend! I hope this finds you and yours doing well, staying safe and hopefully not bored out of your minds. But if you are bored and you can handle watching another movie or two,…
The Undertaker By Art Cerf Having nothing to do with this story, here’s a Revolutionary War memorial to the patriots massacred at Fort Griswold in Groton, Conn., by British soldiers under the command of the traitorous Benedict Arnold. Businesses across America were crashing but not Buddy Seldon’s. You see, Buddy was a mortician, inheritor of…
Something Old by Nancy Bach Kenelmcombe, Gloustershire, 21 December, 1869 “Esme, stop squirming like a toddler, else I shall very likely stick you with a pin.” This is a picture of a cat lying in the sun. He has nothing to do with the story. I just wanted to share because cats rule the internet.…
Queeg the Insidious by Art Cerf This is a pretty yellow flower I shot on the forest floor of Rib Mountain in Wisconsin. It has nothing to do with the story. I just thought it was pretty and eye-catching. Far beyond our view in a space ship cloaked by Neptune, an alien race looked down…
Gladys & Cora By Art Cerf Just a great spring photo to share. It has nothing to do with the story, it is just. an evil ploy to attract your attention. Gladys and Cora were best friends. Note the emphasis on were. They grew up together, trading dolls, clothing and their deepest secrets. And as…
Pestilence by Art Cerf If statuary can wear a mask, so can you. This pandemic is still in its early stages, folks. Hello. Let me introduce myself. I’m Pestilence, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Death, of course, is our leader. War is a bit of a blowhard but is always busy. Both…
Leo Ledbetter by Art Cerf This is a chipmunk, not a squirrel, but it is still cute. Leo Ledbetter started his day like any other since his wife, Miriam’s, passing last summer. He’d shower, have a little breakfast and then dress in his suit and tie. From there, he’d take a train and then two…
Nope, again this has nothing to do with the story, but it is a beautiful swampy nature preserve in Wisconsin. Mrs. Peebles loved her first-grade class. Each of her 20 students was a clever little sponge soaking in knowledge, exploring and learning in their own ways. High-energy and mostly adorable, she wished she could protect…
The Story of Job: Part 2 by Art Cerf Here’s a photo of a birch tree that is quite lovely and has nothing to do with this story. I just felt like sharing. God and Satan were having their weekly meeting and would banter about who was the best dresser, who had the best haircut…
Caleb Connor by Art Cerf Just another bird photo that has nothing to do with the story. Looks nice but is meaningless, just to catch the eye. Nah-nah. Caleb Connor had the visage of a young man. But he was there when the pyramids were built. He marched with Roman legions and sailed with Vikings.…
