October 16, 2021
Unforgotten, Part 1
I. “I was looking at the birthday cards in the drug store and I noticed all these different cards; some for birthdays, some for graduation, get well;…
October 15, 2021
Lime Green Pen
Falling in love at first sight is silly. Truly. How can you “love” someone you don’t even know? Seems like a classic case of teenage lust if you ask…
October 14, 2021
Sailors
The ship had just laid anchor in the harbor. It had been a long journey. The paymaster had reluctantly passed out the wages and the sailors had…
October 14, 2021
When the Rains Stopped
As near as I can understand what happened, the Smiths arrived by plane and left by box. The box was on a plane, but the Smiths, newly dead, didn't…
October 13, 2021
Flying Ant Day
In the first year of high school, Michael Jacobs almost killed a kid. It happened on a class trip to a local farm. He held Derek Robinson’s face in a…
October 13, 2021
Western and McLean
She sits atop a stoop with four descending stairs built for a home that does not belong to her; quite possibly, this is her sanctuary, her patch of…
October 12, 2021
A September’s Flight Into Being, Part 1
On the TV that sat above the refrigerator in the lounge, the footage was of Building 1 of the World Trade Center belching smoke like a snuffed-out…
October 11, 2021
Back in the Saddle Again
The man knocked on the door of the cabin in a saddle, the slight depression in the trail between the lower part of Hawley Hill and the upper part. An…
October 10, 2021
Student Mentor/Executioner
Blanks was a town on a dry river. That’s where I lived until transferred to Noise. Once a year, at New Beginnings Day, I go back. My body models were…
October 10, 2021
The Face You Show
This part of town is tough. We see more police cars than florist delivery vans, but it suits my budget for the moment, and I have learned a great…