Tiny Tales by Rachel Nel

Dear Agony Aunt. I feel unloved. Although my hosts know to expect me at any time, they're horrified when I arrive. Any advice? Yours, Death. #vss365 #vss #dear

She died during a terrible storm. Lightning ripped the sky like mourners rending their clothes. The wind keened as if repeatedly asking why. #vss365 #vss #lightning

Everyone thinks only legal professionals need to be good tacticians in court. Yet I'm so masterful, I've convinced a jury that I'm innocent. #vss365 #vss #tactician

@MikeRey61920141 Thank you so much, Mike!

@redsaid1 💔🏆🥇⭐️👏👏👏

Light trailed her wherever she went. She erased his darkness. Improbably, both a solar and a lunar eclipse occurred on the day of her death. #vss365 #vss #lunar

@BrooksiesBooks Thank you so much, Brooksie!

@redsaid1 Beautiful, Rachel!

@petershoneye Thank you so much, Peter.

@redsaid1 Beautiful imagery—light and darkness held in one moment. That ending lands.

@TheBiboSezSo Yes, that's why I added "improbably" to the sentence. 😊

@redsaid1 In the Mel Gibson-directed movie "Apocalypto" (2006), there is a dramatic solar eclipse, followed immediately by a full moon. Yeah. No.

Very! 😄

"What do you do?" she asks. "I'm a psychopomp." She looks blank. "I guide the newly dead to the afterlife. That is why I've asked you out." #vss365 #vss #psychopomp

@petershoneye 😄😄😄

@redsaid1 That’s one way to guarantee the date doesn’t get canceled…

While making documentary films about the homeless, she waits tables to make ends meet. Her friend nets thousands by posting TikToks of cats. #vss365 #vss #cats

"The best fishing spot's further out," he says. She laughs, unafraid. The boat lists wildly. Arriving back at the harbour later, he's alone. #vss365 #vss #fishing

"Today's proposed law: to ban fairytales that give wolves a bad name." When the howling pack enters the chambers, the parliamentarians flee. #vss365 #vss #wolves

#Jaded sailors fresh from a voyage sat in a beach bar trading tales of raging tempests near the “Straits of Harmony” of mines cleared & mermaids The captain, Who had one too many lost his tongue rolled his r’s, slurring “Straits…” to “State of Have-no-money.” ~rev #vss365

#vss365 I wonder What the aroma of you be… Musky strong mythical Adonis Sandlewood tobacco dreamer Leather and grease oiled biker This some kind of idol I see What would the wafting breeze Beneath sapphire skies Above meadows #jade gem green Bring to me, I wonder

Sometimes i dress up old poems cover frayed edges gaping tales of once-upon-a-time.. It's not #trickery but a humble attempt to unwrite, yet show up dazed, abrased just holding the day.. Little hope curls like smoke or plant sapling steady experience says I'm enough..! #vss365

On 4-20 Caught you faded With ole’ Snoop Dawg & the crew Ever since You ain’t seemed #jaded Like da Preacher I once knew “Free yo’ mind, yo’ ass will follow” Your new sermon To the pews? Guess that little “Doob” turned fallow Shallow fields Of words from you… #vss365 #four20

Sam. Borf. Lea. Moonbeam. Ladybug. Ava. Pi. Jade. When taking roll call at any L.A. school, it's easy to spot who the celebrities' kids are. #vss365 #vss #jade

@winged_silence Thank you so much, dear Sara! This beautiful message means the world to me. ❤️❤️❤️

@redsaid1 This note comes with a heart full of gratitude & admiration.. 🙏⚘️👏✨️😇✨️🙌⚘️🙏 Keep sharing your precious light.. The world needs kind & gracious people like you..!

Fallen from stars a woman, an enigma.. The halo, the aura, the mystery, bite dust She lies bare, scatterd, ugly.. Stained with opinions pierced with judgmnts.. She wished she held her fort lone &invisible.. But she fell, a woman, an enigma a #word-of-mouth story..! 🥀 #vss365