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;…


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…


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…


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…


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…


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…


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…


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…


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…


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…