Flash tale coming this Thursday! ⭐🎈📝
Hello, special helpers! With June's "exam" tales already in the works, I would love to see your AR ideas around the theme of:
potty training
Please comment here with your one-line story ideas (as many as you like, but eac...
2021-06-04 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We're still social distancing here in Parkdale, but enjoying the light at the end of the covid tunnel, and I'm happy to open back up for commissions.
Email commissions@sebtomato.com&nb...
2021-06-01 13:54:15 +0000 UTC View Post
“One little bunny, two little bunnies,
Two little bunnies, in the bath!”
Auntie Sarah bends down to put her face next to Lucy and says, “How many bunnies in the bath? Two lit...
2021-05-31 15:19:24 +0000 UTC View PostI’m Lucy’s big brother. But I don’t feel very big. And whenever I try to sort things out in my head, Auntie Sarah confuses me again.
“What happened?” I ask. I’m sitting in the nurs...
2021-05-30 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostI finish my essay and upload it to OneDrive. Is it any good? Good enough.
Mum gives me back my phone and I get ready to go out. I put on my Ben Sherman shirt and smooth out the wrinkles in my jeans.
As I’m deciding on which trainers to wear, the doorbell rings.
...
2021-05-29 11:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
“You’re like this every time,” says Mum.
I keep my eyes on the laptop screen. There’s an essay I haven’t finished. There’s also an open chat with Joe. Best thing I ever did ...
2021-05-28 16:27:50 +0000 UTC View Post

When Angie gets home, she puts her keys on the kitchen counter, kisses Steve on the cheek, “Were you a good boy?” Playful, flirtatious. Funny how being away from Steve makes his girlfriend...
2021-05-23 17:54:41 +0000 UTC View PostTime to vote for your favorite 'exam' ideas, and help me pick our flash and exclusive tales for June.
Patrons, you can vote for as many stories as you like.
2021-05-21 12:28:44 +0000 UTC View PostCouldn't resist playing around with the flash tale format this month... 😊

“Be good”, Angie always says, every Wednesday night when she goes out with the girls.
And when she comes back ...
2021-05-15 19:47:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, special helpers! With May's "babysitting" tales already in the works, I would love to see your AR ideas around the theme of:
exam | test | quiz | qualifying
Please comment here with your one-line story ideas (as many as ...
2021-05-07 12:13:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Why are you hiding my husband?” It’s a question I never thought I’d have to ask.
“I’m not hiding him, Claire. And you’re not worried.” Susan smiles at me. “We’re just two sisters, enjoying a cold drink, sharing stories on the deck.” She tilts her cocktail glass at me....
2021-05-01 00:03:09 +0000 UTC View PostThey could be brothers.
Not twins. Steven…Stevie looks older, is older.
For now. Until it’s time for medicine again.
I find both boys in the bathroom. Danny is gazing at his uncle, goggle-eyed. He’s got that same expression he had when I took him to visit Santa Claus at Mi...
2021-04-30 00:53:19 +0000 UTC View Post
My eyes itch. My nose twitches. When I’m not coughing, I’m clearing my throat. Truly, I shouldn’t be outside. But I said yes to Susan, and now I’m stuck finding places to hide pieces of plastic a...
2021-04-28 22:21:08 +0000 UTC View Post
our last Easter tale... :)
2021-04-22 13:26:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Time to vote for your favorite 'babysitting' ideas, and help me pick our flash and exclusive tales for May.
Patrons, you can vote for as many stories as you ...
2021-04-18 19:32:10 +0000 UTC View Post
“Do we have to?”
It’s the same question they asked last year. And the year before that. Wynona and Whitney (not names I would have chosen for them) look at each other and then back at me. The...
2021-04-17 20:33:13 +0000 UTC View Post
A reminder that I'm inviting your AR ideas around the theme of:
babysitting
Deadline is this Monday, April 19, and usual rules apply.
After the deadline, everyone will get the chance to vote for their favorites :)
You can find ideas the i...
2021-04-15 12:09:26 +0000 UTC View Post
More Easter-themed fun coming soon :)
2021-04-12 15:14:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Little Ducklings Preschool

Five years at Little Ducklings. My class of eight kids come and go,...
2021-04-09 12:10:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, special little helpers! With April's "Easter" tales already in the works, I would love to see your AR ideas around the theme of:
babysitting
Please comment here with your one-line story ideas (as many as you lik...
2021-04-06 13:12:36 +0000 UTC View PostHere it is! A brand new commission, and the continuing story set in the APP virus universe....
With thanks to Fossil for support and inspiration, I’m proud to publish Lockdown 2021-04-05 20:21:27 +0000 UTC View Post
It’s just like Teddy says. Kinsey looks pretty as a peach in her new dress. Her old clothes, the ones that weren’t right, lie in a pile by the bed.
The blue knit dress fits her perfectly,...
2021-03-31 23:09:13 +0000 UTC View PostKinsey picks up the bear. Really, was there a plan B?
She holds it up, stares into the glassy eyes.
It is heavy.
“Hi, Kinsey!” the bear says in a light tone that belies its weight. “I’m so glad you came home.”
Kinsey looks towards the bedroom door. It’...
2021-03-30 23:09:50 +0000 UTC View Post“Did you bring something to wear? For the shoot? Because we need to look right.”
In the guestroom, Kinsey looks herself up and down in the mirror. Her long, strawberry-blond hair tied back in a ponytail. White t-shirt, denim shorts. What’s the problem? It’s not as though sh...
2021-03-29 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Auburn, KY
Kinsey upsets her mother seventeen seconds after arriving.
Naomi manages to look flustered and furious at the same time. “Why wouldn’t you want...
2021-03-29 16:32:02 +0000 UTC View Post