Bees, Pt 9 (Finale)
Related previous posts: Bees Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7 / Part 8 Bees, Pt 9 (Finale) Similar to her time in the pantry, Honey lost track of time in the jar where it lay in the back of the van. A steady flow of bumps and thumps marked...
Bees, Pt 8
Related previous posts: Bees Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7 Bees, Pt 8 By the time all the action started the following day, Honey had no energy left to investigate and no emotion left to care. First, she heard voices – two men that...
Bees, Pt 7
Related previous posts: Bees Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 Bees, Pt 7 For nearly an hour, Honey watched as Belle moved about the garden, scooping up injured insects and depositing them in the jar. Finally, Belle stood, stretched, and turned...
Bees, Pt 6
Related previous posts: Bees Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 Bees, Pt 6 Consciousness dawned slowly on Honey. It came first as awareness of the growing glow, monochrome and pale, then glittering and gold as the sun rose over the canyon. Next, Honey grew...
Bees, Pt 5
Related previous posts: Bees Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 Bees, Pt 5 For three days, Honey huddled in the hive, venturing out only when vital. Thankfully, her queen was merciful, sending her on only brief missions close to the colony, so she could collect and...
Bees, Pt 4
Related previous posts: Bees Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 Bees, Pt 4 All that night, Honey cried in her cubicle, crushed by the disorientation she’d encountered and the danger she’d felt. I can’t go out there again, she told herself. It’s too scary. Well, you can’t stay...
Bees, Pt 3
Related previous posts: Bees, Part 1 / Part 2 Bees, Pt 3 Almost immediately, the collective set about the arduous task of converting the narrow space between the outer and inner walls into a habitable hive. Collecting pollen from the garden, they quickly rebuilt the...
Bees, Pt 2
Related previous posts: Bees, Part 1 Bees, Pt 2 Honey huddled for a long time in the remnants of the fallen oak, now reduced to a lump of logs and broken branches. The honeycomb had been carefully placed into a metal box, which was then sealed shut. Some of Honey’s...
Bees, Pt 1
Here is another short story inspired by the same backyard that prompted Dandelions. Unlike the Dandelions story, however, this tale is based on a series of real life events. When a hive took up residence inside the wall of as house on a hillside, the question became...
Dandelions – Pt 4, Stars
Previous Posts: Part 1 - Sun / Part 2 - Moon / Part 3 - Mouse The following day played out much the same as the night. Sun spent the entire time staring across the garden at Moon, who basked in her planter box overlooking the garden. Right as the light faded,...
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Scott Boyer grew up in Santa Monica, CA and still resides in the Los Angeles area. Graduating from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in 1996, he started writing Bobby Ether And The Academy with the goal of blending YA fantasy with spiritual fiction. Nowadays, Scott splits his time between helping his father manage an insurance brokerage, playing with his Shepherd-mix rescue dog Patch, and writing other adventures in the Bobby Ether series.
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