All its life, the bird had felt unworthy and plain. Uninteresting and unremarkable. With its beak too long, its feathers a drab color, it felt utterly worthless. And trading being a human at the price of understanding was not too much of a price. Or was it? dedication to Eskimo Curlew bird
K-8 lives in the future, where the environment has been devastated, and human beings are now clones. And her fondest dream is to see a duck, for real, and not just through memory recording files. Take a glimpse into her life, on the day when her wish might come true. This story is in dedication to the Hawaiian Duck
Parker was just a dime a dozen in the city that never sleeps. He works hard, strolls about the park, and is about the only one in New York city who would rather eat the pizza crust than the toppings. But life for him is about to change when a little bit of inspiration falls from the sky... [Dedicated to the Cerulean...
With time, all things change. You can't speed it up. You can't slow it down. For those of us caught in the gentle stream of time, then, what are we to make of it? How will it taste? Will it be the bitterest gall? Or the sweetest of honey? This is a story I wrote in participation in the BirdLife project that Wattpad is...
This short story has been written for Wattpad’s BirdLife Campaign in conjunction with the International Celebration of Birds in Storytelling. It is dedicated to New Zealand’s Chatham Island Black Robin (Toutouwai Pango). Image courtesy Frances Schmechel (Creative Commons licence)
Have you ever wondered if you are crazy? What if everyone else in the entire town thought you were? What if there was only one way to prove your sanity, but it meant your guaranteed death? Would you still spill your secrets? In 1727 Bermuda there was a fine line between the crazies, the drunks, the zealots, the pirat...
This short story is for the BirdLife Campaign. Dedicated to Pigeons and to the vulnerable and endangered birds in the Middle East: Syrian Serin Yelkouan Shearwater Dalmatian Pelican Marbled Teal Eastern Imperial Eagle Greater Spotted Eagle Egyptian Vulture Saker Falcon Sociable Lapwing [The cover is made by the Watt...
A Short Story for The BirdLife Campaign organized by Margaret Atwood and Wattpad. Dedicated to Forbes's Blackbird by Lilian Carmine. 2013.
Ten-year old Peilam wants to see his family again, but he must work twelve hours a day to send them wages. Even the ghost bird, Rasmae, haunting him, wants him to leave his cruel greedy mistress. But there's a cruel difference between needs and wants, the difference between life and death. This story is dedicated to...
A recently orphaned teenager finds herself (and a little magic along the way) with the help of her falconer grandfather, an injured prairie falcon and what just might be an aboriginal "eagle dreaming" artifact.
