by Shannon Leahy | Nov 11, 2021 | Posts, Storytelling
Quick, tell me your favourite pet peeve. Quick, tell me what you hate about the world right now. Quick, tell me what you can’t stand doing on weekends. Quick, tell me why your boss or mother-in-law is a sociopath. Easy, right? <ahem> Hello? You’re still thinking...
by Shannon Leahy | Dec 31, 2020 | Posts, Storytelling
We are almost there. The charmer known as 2020 is almost out the door. At last, at last! Reflect on the year for one second. Are you filled with a sort of wet doughnut in your gut? A churning feeling that something fearful this way comes… again? Like, there’s more...
by Shannon Leahy | Nov 30, 2020 | Posts, Storytelling
The holidays, especially this year, are full-time bliss, aren’t they? Everyone everywhere is on best behaviour. Oh yes. Christmas clerks are happy (nope). Winter drivers are not insane (nope). Out-of-town guests are welcome (they’re not – they’re forbidden!). The...
by Shannon Leahy | Oct 31, 2020 | Posts, Storytelling
Have you seen this bit of prose making the rounds?
“The devil whispered in my ear, ‘You’re not strong enough to withstand this storm.’
Tonight I whispered in the devil’s ear, ‘I am the storm.’”
Nice, eh? At the risk of sounding like a horned, red-hoofed (unmasked)...