The Gnarly Tree — Prompt du Jour

The melody lingered as good melodies tend to do. I’m certain that I had never heard it before, nor sadly, since.

The name, another name, and a couple of dates.

A minor rumination on the consequences of successful time travel.

Every old home has its hidden treasures; unexplored nooks and crannies teaming with surprise or, at the very least, dead mice.

The title is the writing prompt. The story is fiction. On the other hand it was inspired by the prompt.  In truth the melody was never…