Tag: Derek Elkins
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The God Bless America Fondue
Derek Elkins has hidden a civic’s lesson deep within some of the most amazing hyperbole I’ve ever seen. I think you should read it, if for no other reason to see how he got, ‘a battleship named S.S. mom’ and an, ‘army of pecan farmers and boiled peanut eaters’ all in the same story with…
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Sweet Fondue
Derek Elkins begins Turkey Week proper with a heartwarming account of a grumpy old man and a persistent young woman. This is a departure for Elkins, because he is our resident, “If a t-shirt cannon is good, then a hot dog cannon awesomeness.” Elkins knows how to make a person smile with a twist toward…
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High School Fondue
Angels and demons is a genre speciality of Derek Elkins, and he really delivers with his contribution to the Fondue Writer’s Club Halloween 2021 Collection with “The Making of a God”. In reading the story, I couldn’t tell which was the greater evil — messing around with demonic influences or forcing teenagers to work in…
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Is Santa Batman or Is Santa Superman? I Can’t Quite Tell . . . You Decide.
The Fondue Writers Club is at it again. This time we are bringing you fun Christmas stories. These are all free — no paywall, no gimmicks, no email lists to sign up for. Just the workings of our imagination to share with you during these days of COVID, and quarantine, and so much troubles in…