By Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, Fall 2023 Issue, p 38-41
By Vicky Ness
By Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, Summer 2023, p 35-38
By Meg Brown
By Vicky Ness
By Katy Mangan and Brandon Spars
Published in The Story Beast, July 2022 Issue, p 7-8
We had a great night of storytelling!
Vicky Ness opened the evening with a story she composed about a woman who wanted a beautiful kimono to wear to the August Bon festival. As she helped cook, clean up, and assist others attending the festival, her kimono became stained. Her husband taught her an important lesson about those stains.
Rose Owens, a professional teller, joined us from Livermore. She shared a Chinese folk tale about a boy who wanted to paint the most beautiful things he saw and eventually got a magic brush. After that, everything he painted became real, with surprising consequences.
Meg Brown told “The Widow’s Broom,” a story by Chris Van Allsburg. The widow gets a broom that cleans for her and does many more tasks. Is it a good thing or – as her neighbor Mr. Spivey believes – an evil thing?
Sharon Elwell told an O. Henry story about Stubby Smith, a cold, penniless vagrant in search of a warm bed.
Renu Narayan called in from India to share a story about a girl who traded her luck claw pendant for an irresistible blue umbrella with unexpected results.
Genevieve Franklin shared a personal story about her dog Chipper, who was bitten by a rattlesnake and lived to share her life.