by R. Scott Boyer | Mar 4, 2025 | Short Stories
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...
by R. Scott Boyer | Feb 25, 2025 | Short Stories
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...
by R. Scott Boyer | Jan 21, 2025 | Short Stories
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...
by R. Scott Boyer | Jan 14, 2025 | Short Stories
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...
by R. Scott Boyer | Jan 7, 2025 | Creative Process, Inspiration, Meet the Characters, Short Stories
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...