Category Archives: SHORT STORIES

POISON(ed) IVY – A Macabre All Hallows Tale

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Posted in ADVENTURES, HOLIDAYS, SHORT STORIES, VIGNETTE, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure in writing, D. G. Lambo, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, dark tale, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, Donna Lambo-Weidner, Halloween, macabre tale, Master Class, Niel Gaiman Art of Storytelling, Samhain | 11 Comments

THE CASE OF THE PURLOINED PICKLE

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Alice Wetherby-Pimms had a peculiar penchant for pickles. Be they sweet, sour, or dill, the child was mad about brined cucumbers. Chips, chunks, cubes, finely chopped relishes, halves, slices, spears, sticks and whole, no matter their shape, Alice craved them … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, VIGNETTE, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, Adventures of Alice Wetherby Pimms, cornichons, D. G. Lambo-Weidner, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, humorous vignette, pickles | 19 Comments

MINDING MY Ps AND Qs – A Punctilious Quest

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Once upon a dreary Sunday many Mays ago, it was unclear whether Alice Wetherby-Pimms had quaffed the dregs of a liter of PLYMOUTH and nodded off under the Steinway or if the ten-year-old had passed out cold in the wake … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Essay, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, VIGNETTE | Tagged adventure, adventures in writing, Adventures of Alice Wetherby Pimms, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, paranormal disappearances, Ps and Qs | 6 Comments

SECRETS, LIES, and SFOGLIADELL’

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

They say the day Aunt Frankie married Uncle Sally was a day that would live in infamy. I’d learned Franklin D. Roosevelt said that when Pearl Harbor was bombed, but no, most of the family, actually, only the uncles, would … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, FAMILY, HOLIDAYS, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, VIGNETTE | Tagged adventure, Coney Island fireworks, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, fireworks, fourth of July celebration, life on Staten Island in the 1960's, summer camp stories, The Family, Writer's Digest prompt | 16 Comments

#95

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Until I was six, I thought Uncle Sally’s name was Who-Gives-A-Sh*t. Everyone called him that – the neighbors, the few friends he had, his business associates, the family – even his mother, my Nana. She’d hoped the label wouldda’ forced her caro … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, Essay, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes, VIGNETTE, WRITING CHALLENGES | Tagged adventure, D.G.Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, vignette, Writer's Digest Challenge #95 | 12 Comments

HOOD RIDING RED LITTLE – A Tale In Reverse

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

The phone rang once. A clipped voice answered, “9-1-1-what is your emergency?” “grr-rr—umph bwaa—maaa….” “I can’t understand you. Can you speak more clearly?” “grr-rr—umph *cough* bwaa—maa *cough—cough*” “Are you choking?” THUMP THUMP THUMP “An emergency vehicle is on its way—please … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, CHILDHOOD, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES | Tagged adventure, D. G. Lambo, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, fractured fairy tale, Ikea toys, Little Red Writing Hood | 8 Comments

DID SOMEONE SAY CHOCOLATE?

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Alice Wetherby Pimms knew it was in the library. The beautifully scripted note written in her dead mother’s hand said so. The child had checked all the obvious locations, though, and found nothing – places like inside her father’s green felt-lined desk drawer, the one he’d hidden the … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes | Tagged adventure, Adventures of Alice Wetherby Pimms, antique cookbook, chocolate, Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner, dp_/photo-challenges/repurpose/, dp_discover-challenges/conventional-wisdon/, vignette | 6 Comments

RUMOUR HAS IT

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

The truth about Alice is that she was somewhat of an enigma since the last rays of an October’s sun cast a golden halo about her head not one moment, but two, after her arrival into the world. The newborn’s parents deemed the glowing … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES, VIGNETTE | Tagged adventure, Adventures of Alice Wetherby Pimms, blog, Donna Weidner, enigma, mystery, oddities, short story | 7 Comments

THE TRUTH ABOUT ALICE

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

Alice Wetherby-Pimms’ teas were famous for drawing an eclectic crowd. Every Wednesday at precisely 2:55 p.m. the area before her gate would be swamped by a mob of the most unlikely bedfellows – dashing princes and their chamber pot removers, knights and their nemeses, good-humored … Continue reading →

Posted in ADVENTURES, HUMOR, SHORT STORIES | Tagged adventure, Adventures of Alice Wetherby Pimms, Alice in Wonderland, author, Donna Weidner, ghost story, humorous short story | 15 Comments

MENDOCINO MEMOIR

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Donna Gwinnell Lambo-Weidner

I seldom leave the confines of my home. Since the fever, I’ve lost all sense of time—minutes slip into hours, day turns to night, summer to autumn. Oftentimes, I’m too weak to open a window on my own. Occasionally, the … Continue reading →