Cynthia Ruff
I am a writer of short stories. Thus far, my work has been featured on two online publications: www.Mysteryweekly.com, Edition 4, June 2007, and www.jimstonjournal.com, September 2007. I have also received an honorable mention for a story that was in The Creative Writers Notebook, 2006 addition, was recently awarded second place in the Fantasy Gazetteer April 2008 Short Story Contest, and will have another story featured in the April/June 2008 issue of Golden Visions Magazine.
I live in Toledo, Ohio with my husband Richard, cat Henry, and cocker spaniel Penelope.
Contest Winner!
And a Little Child Shall Lead Them
Issue #2 (April 2008)
Moments later two boys entered the church. It seemed they had nothing but destruction on their minds as they headed towards St. Francis.
“Look at all this old junk they left here.” the one boy commented.
“Yeah, that was kinda stupid.” said the other boy. “I’m gonna knock over that big statue just to see how many pieces it’ll break into.” He rushed towards St. Francis. Immediately, the grand piano slid swiftly across the floor and pinned the boy against the wall. The other boy screamed and ran out. The boy pinned by the piano fainted and fell to the floor. When he awoke, he crawled on his hands and knees across the floor and out the door. The piano laughed as the others applauded.
“Grand piano, what would we do without you?” cried Mary.
