Category SS Prompt 8: Misunderstood

When needs must by Francis Gerd # To: ljosephson@chikkanorwriters.com cc: ptombras@stumpf.com Subject: Anahit Nazarian From: frankie@stumpf.com Hi Lesley, just a brief note to pass on our condolences for Saka’s sad death. We’re sure all of you at Chikkanor will miss…...

“I...I don’t know. I’m quite confused myself.”

"They flooded the valley. They submerged the town. The church stood here, the centre of town." Elizabeth Alejandra's gaze sweeps a wide circle, taking in distant grassy hills rising here and there through the water. But around the isolated cross, there is only smooth lake water reflecting an open blue sky. "Now, did they drown the inhabitants as well?"

And then the classic, recurrent reaction “What is wrong with you? Can’t you tell when one is joking?” And that, my friends, is my life in a nutshell.

Mama Tried by nsbnina #   The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; -WH Auden   “The wrong one died.” The minute Irene said those words and saw Sula sitting on the steps like she always did…...