THE FROG JOURNAL

Tag: fun fiction

  • The learning curve and Butterbeans

    The learning curve and Butterbeans The trip to the main entry, took less than ten minutes. The base was immense, with much of its vast size unseen. Today Alex and Butterbeans were going to a new section of the base. Hence their apprehension. The main entrance was usual and mundane. Nothing distinguished it as an…

  • The writing in the wall, Hill Street

    The writing in the wall, Hill Street

    The writing in the wall, Hill Street (Chapter Two) Jonah was finished with the clean out of the old attic. The job had been stuffy and hot. The place had been used as storage for years. Also the previous owners were reclusive. They had largely kept to themselves. When Jonah had taken the job of…

  • Butterbeans and pogo sticks

    Butterbeans and pogo sticks It’s a very grey day when Alex awakens. It’s early December, so it isn’t a surprise, that it’s on the chilly side. All through the night he had tossed and turned. Now that the morning has arrived he decides to end the quest for sleep. Butterbeans agrees. They stumble their way…

  • Pocket wilderness conflict – The forest for the trees

    Pocket wilderness conflict – The forest for the trees

    Pocket wilderness conflict – The forest for the trees The forest for the trees was what his great grand pappy used to say. “Can’t see the forest for the trees”. Dan shakes and dusts himself off. The collision had been a hard one, with the ground. However he would still be flying if not for…

  • Back the way they came

    Back the way they came

    Back the way they came It was Tuesday. Mark was happy that it was Tuesday. Mainly because he had survived Monday. He is outside after work. He sets up his phone. Now he can watch his favorites on the new streaming service they had been given. Furthermore, he’s impressed with this new version of the…

  • Story maps and a sandbag or two

    Story maps and a sandbag or two

    Story maps and a sandbag or two (Chapter One) It isn’t hard to see where everything went wrong. What is hard to see, is why it wasn’t visible before. That is the way of things, they are much more clear afterwards. When it matters less. The old place that will become visible in this story,…

  • Butterbeans and the eye of the storm

    Butterbeans and the eye of the storm

    Butterbeans and the eye of the storm Most of the building had fallen flat. The Sergeant begins immediately searching for the Lieutenant and Alex. Butterbeans sniffs and paws furiously in the debris. The din of the fallen building had been extreme. The eerie absence of noise was like a tomb. And the Sergeant and Butterbeans…