"The old man sat in the Great Hall with the other Old Folk, at a white plastic banquet table draped in a disposable red tablecloth and adorned with flickering electric candles. The merry songs of companions..."

Read the full #shortstory by #JoshuaBoers:
https://www.mockingowlroost.com/blog/music-light/ -- PAGE 04

Enjoy a little flash of #mythologicalfiction from #JoshuaBoers a gifted writer from #Michigan.
https://www.mockingowlroost.com/blog/centaur-born-winner/
"As Trigonos the Soothsayer shambled his way to the pre-race paddock, no one would have ever guessed that he was born to be a winner. He was an ugly, hunched thing, with a drooling jaw and rickety fetlocks that crackled as he walked.

ALT TEXT: Image of centaur on hills under gray skies - TEXT: Born winner, Joshua Boers, mythology fiction

“Regarding My Lamentable Execution” by #JoshuaBoers is the fiction that inspired the MockingOwl Roost’s Seafaring-Pirate Mini Issue. Arrrrr…Matey, it’s the Pirates’ Delight! Please enjoy this fiction found on Page 02 of this issue.

https://www.mockingowlroost.com/blog/pirates-seafaring-issue/
(Pictured is a pirate ship with the title and byline in black print on the orange background.)