Author Archives: riverwriter

About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.

The Colours of the Day

Tuscany should be this beautiful. (#967) Continue reading

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one-up

Sometimes, maybe it’s better to listen and nod sympathetically. (#966) Continue reading

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f

The door of the change room opens, and she steps out in unaccustomed yellow. A tiny fricative escapes his lips like methane hissing from a newly punctured can of slightly spoiled soup. He smiles, admires the label, but the stench … Continue reading

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