Posted on April 30, 2014 Leave a Comment
A COLD WHISPER The air was a nice, crisp cool, and the leaves were just starting to turn, a teaser that the beauty of autumn would soon be on its way. Buster sniffed along the ground, unable to see the colors, but even an animal could feel the oncoming cold. The dog did not seem […]
Posted on March 30, 2014 Leave a Comment
BREAKDOWN It’s dark. Not too dark. Early evening. The sun just preparing to set behind the trees. Nice. Almost beautiful. The car drives slowly forward and pulls over onto the side of the road. It comes to a stop. Inside the car, Paul Lee’s hand tightens around the steering wheel. It is stained with blood. […]
Posted on February 16, 2014 Leave a Comment
OUR SECRET SPRING You smile. You smile at her, because whenever she’s around you can’t help yourself. It’s the way her hair falls around her eyes. It’s the soft dimples in her skin that appear when she smiles. Soft, milky ripples in the corner of her mouth. “How long have you been out here?” she […]
Posted on January 22, 2014 Leave a Comment
ETTA AND THE MONSTER The road to Machias got longer every year. And in truth, Etta Clarendon wanted to go there a little less each year. There was a period, of course, of nostalgia but that had more or less passed. Everything had its cycles, even old age. Now it was gone. Nearly all of […]
Posted on December 25, 2013 Leave a Comment
LUCIFER’S CHRISTMAS Sandy Little saw the Sad Man out of the corner of her eye, for a moment, and began to wonder if she’d seen anything more than a shadow. Part of her, deep within, told her to get back inside, but that simply wasn’t an option. Not today. Today, she decided, was a day […]
Posted on November 30, 2013 Leave a Comment
Disclaimer: As this story was painful to write, it will therefore be painful to read. On a night like this, the only thing visible was whatever the headlights made so… No. Fuck. Lame. That’s horrible. You really, really are pathetic coming up with shit like this. You know that? Truly pathetic. Sorry, it’s just… a […]
Posted on October 23, 2013 Leave a Comment
The Man in the Moon How in the hell did I get here? Seriously, this is not right. This is- No. This is not right. It’s not home. Of course it’s not home. Look, see that? That’s Earth, over there. If you are from earth, and you can see the planet in its spherical form, […]