15th November 2023 Writings

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Excerpt from: Fog on the Barrow Downs
Riding over the hills, and eating their fill, the warm sun and the scent of turf, lying a little too long, stretching out their legs and looking at the sky above their noses: these things are perhaps, enough to explain what happened. For they had unexpectedly fallen asleep.


While the Hobbits were sleeping, Goldberry was worrying. For she knew that something would happen. She voiced her concerns to her husband.

“What, Goldberry? Worry not. For if young hobbits meet a wright, Old Tom’s rhyme they will remember. I know what to sing to eliminate wicked wright.”

Words: 96


Excerpt from: Spider Quinn
After the meeting ended, Sandi made herself scarce.

Helen saw her going out. “You weren’t here long, Sandi,” she said.

“Quinn doesn’t need me,” she said in a montone before heading out the door.

“Sandi! Wait!” Helen said.


It was only a couple of minutes before Daria left on her way to Jane’s.

“Where are you going?” Helen asked.

“Just a walk, and to think about things,” Daria said, guardedly.

‘Of course,’ Helen thought. “But at night?”

“This area of Lawndale is still safe,” Daria said before heading out the door.

‘Of course it is,’ Helen thought.


Quinn saw Daria leaving. ‘What is she up to. She has been acting weirdly today.’ She looked to Stacy and Tiffany, who were still there. ‘They can stay here while I check,’ she thought.

“Quinn?” Stacy asked.

‘She could be one I could confide in, maybe,’ she thought. “Um, I need to check on something on the street,” she dissembled.

“You’re following Daria?” Stacy asked.

“Um, yeah,” Quinn said. “Could you run interference with Mom?”

“Sure, but how are you going to get out without her knowing?”

“There is a way,” Quinn answered enigmatically. She then went to the window at the end of the hall and opened it. She showed Stacy a trellis which had ivy on it, which reached up to the window.

“You have been climbing down that?” Stacy asked.

“Yes,” Quinn answered as she started going through the window.

“Right…” Stacy said.


Stacy watched Quinn climb down, then went back to Quinn’s room.

“Where’s Quinn?” Tiffany asked.

“She’s doing something,” Stacy answered.


Quinn disappeared into the bushes on the right side of the house and waited until Stacy had gone back to her room before going to the shed, where she had stored one of the spare SpiderGirl costumes.

Soon, she was webslinging after Daria, in the direction of Howard Drive.


As Daria approached Casa Lane, she heard a rustle in the bushes at the end of the street. “Come on now. Aliens don't hide in the bushes. It's probably just a stalker. Yes, a stalker out to plant a teen in a shallow grave. Perfectly normal. I feel much better now.”


Brittany Taylor knew Daria was up to something, which was why she was following her. She wasn’t sure why Kevin had to come along, his amorous attentions wasn’t something she needed at just that moment.

Words: 398


Total: 494