“It’s just that I take riddling seriously. I was taught that the ability to solve them indicates a sane and rational mind.”
― Stephen King, The Waste Lands
I have always loved a good riddle. Surfing around the interwebs, I found an article that starts out with a very, very, good riddle. Maybe the best one.
Rich people need it. Poor people have it. If you eat it, you die. And when you die, you take it with you. What is it?
Can you guess the answer? To be fair, if you can’t you’ll have to
“A witch can never be these things,” she said. “A witch is a paranormal creature that lives between the shadows cast by daylight. They traverse the infinities of a heartbeat, they sail in seas of dreams… they manipulate nature.”
—- Ogbewe Amadin, Riddle
French Quarter, New Orleans
Riddle by Ogbewe Amadin, from Fireside Magazine
Today, we have a tasty little piece of flash fiction. Often things are not what they seem to be, but sometimes they are. It’s just that they don’t mean what we think they do.
Author Bio – “Ogbewe Amadin hails from the city of Benin in Nigeria. He is a student of Chemistry at the University of Benin. He is a lover of epic fantasy, sarcasm, sitcoms, and sci fi.”
Bill Chance 