Inspired By
The Soul Food Cafe Prompt
Lessons and Philosophy from the Bear of Very Little Brain
Once Upon A Time
When I was about 6 years old my family realized I was a little girl who was fascinated with stories about Head Hunters and Zombies and a guy named ” Burke’s Hare ” who robbed graves and sold the rotting bodies to ” [...]
Inspired by The Soul Food Cafe Prompt
The Armoury
Once I had to clear out of a place fast- there had been an earthquake and not knowing when we would be let back into the building I grabbed from off the top of my desk-
my I.D. but not my purse
my notebook and some pens
a bottle of water and a picture [...]
by a.m. moscoso
inspired by the SFC Prompt:: DESCANSOS
In every town there are many roads that lead
to places like
schools and churches and homes and stores.
In every town those many roads
can twist and curve and end just as suddenly as they began
with names and numbers to mark their place on maps in books and printed within hastily folded booklets [...]
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SFC Prompt::
Bad Girl On The Block
When I was a kid I wanted to be a Flapper.
I wanted to wear those cool clothes and have that edgy haircut and have boys coming to my house in Model T Fords-preferably painted yellow.
I wanted to hang out in Speakeasys
and smoke cigarettes from long cigarette holders and [...]
by a.m. moscoso
Inspired by the SFC Prompt:: Ceremony Of The Mirror
” What are you looking at Jingle? “ Milo Hungerford asked his wife.
Jingle was standing in front of their bathroom mirror with her hairbrush in her hand and she turned slowly towards him and said, ” I don’t know. “
He came up behind her and [...]
Once somebody asked me why do I always eat alone?
ONCE
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Lunch Box Spy
Here’s a little something that represents all that I find good in fine dining- music, chocolates and gorillas that can play the drums.
This is a one-pound beefburger fried, topped with
cheese and bacon and sandwiched between two
Krispy Kreme doughnuts
Would I really eat one of those [...]
A Not Quite Alice Moment Here at Cold Storage
Once I saw a man wearing an expensive business suit and a man in clothes that were torn and dirty - digging a hole together next to the railroad tracks.
I couldn’t imagine under what circumstances these two could ever have met, talked and decided one morning to [...]
After receiving several inquires about a short story titled ” Under The Steps” by A.M. Moscoso -which was published by the Soul Food Cafe last Halloween- our staff writers have provided this follow up article and requested in be printed here:
In A.M Moscoso’s ” Under the Steps ” Mrs. Parson is portrayed as a retired Executioner living [...]
You’re about to meet Mrs Parsons…this may look like the
end of her story
but of course it’s not.
Come On In
and Meet Mrs Parsons.
When I was a kid our next door neighbor was a nice old lady named Mrs. Hanley Parsons.
She lived all alone in a house full of old fashioned furniture that looked brand new [...]
Inspired by The Soul Food Cafe Story Prompt
Walk Inside A Painting
” Somebody will find out, won’t they? “
” Not a chance ” he told her.
” What we did was awful, wasn’t it?” she asked.
” I’ll say.”
” We can never go back. You know that don’t you? “
” I figured as much.”
” Are you sure, are [...]
