Introductions
Something happened to the both of us. Maybe we became different people. Maybe we just drifted apart. Maybe we both made promises to ourselves to never let the…
"BFF"
I remember your birthday You probably don’t know mine Your favorite color was blue Your favorite color nine We used to laugh until we cried Dance until our…
Unfamiliar faces
We were running through the streets hodling hands, laughing and giggling. The dark, starry sky hung over us like a huge blanket.The young man next to me was…
No Man is an Island (of Hate)
Business concluded, the stranger bowed his thanks, took the case and left. Bree waited until the door slid shut before rounding on her partner. “I thought you…
Mercy for Two Winters
The bar went quiet in expectation, which made Sid’s scraping attempts to scoot to a far corner all the more obvious and frankly a little sad. The preacher…
Who Needs a Sermon?
From the floor Sid let out a noise, somewhere between a moan and an inarticulate cursing of either his bad luck, Randon’s uncouth nature, or both. The preacher…
Laughing vs Crying
It was an eternal battle waged over the decision of how to react to the fate of the human race. He appeared to be the arena & crowd. His appearance was sullen…
Loose Change
Wailing police car sirens echoed between the wet and sticky brick walls of the ally. Muddled light from a crosswalk at the street reflected in a shiny pool of…
The Grinning Chiaroscuro
A stranger approaches you one night. Perhaps you are alone under the only lighted lamp in a shadowy streetcorner, or it is an empty bus you ride, sullen in…
Guy On A Train
He was a smallish man, somewhat nondescript in that he did not look particularly menacing. Nor did he look middle eastern, or arabic as the stereotype of a…
this is what happens when you are bored at 12:47AM
This limit is prepost’rous We’ve really had enough 1024 characters? That’s really very rough! And yet we all know, deep within our hearts That this is…
Signs and Impossibilities
Roger jumped back. He didn’t think it was possible for someone to sneak up on him in a school hallway. The echoes should have made it all but impossible. Yet…
Blind to the Sixth
The school parking lot was full. Roger bit back a curse and reluctantly found a spot a block away. Apparently every parent had decided to show up for Parent…
Harding's Pub
“Come on it’s twenty minutes past closing time! Get out!” “Can’t I just sleep here?” “Nope, I sleep with my dog!” She playfully slapped the patron’s arm with…
Aggregation
Eliza took a deep breath. Don’t panic. She felt her hands shaking, suddenly her skin felt clammy. She tried to swallow, but her mouth was dry. _I said don’t…
A Call From a Stranger
The phone rang, causing Adam to look up from his book. He’d thought of disconnecting the troublesome thing before, in situations like this; being ripped from…
The Forbidden Love
I wish I could say we would be together till the end. You brought the sun to my eyes, washed away the darkness from me. My heart beats twice as fast when…
Grim's Soul Mate
Shocked beyond belief, because this woman isn’t flinching or running from my face, and she actually wants to talk to me. “You don’t know what its like,” I…
Stranger at the Laundry
The last thing I want to do right now is to go to the laundry, but I’m sure I’ll be on duty later today, so I go anyway. I feel very conspicuous, seeing as I’m…
The Visitor - Revised
The night was biting cold, but the barrel fire was tall and hot. Sparks rose like burning fireflies into the sky. A dozen of us were huddled in close when…