It was the fall that surprised me most.
After the murder I found it hard to recall what happened in my personal life but only remembered other things. The a...
It was the fall that surprised me most. I watched as the sofa slid down the stairs of the women's dorm, I rushed down...
It was a surpise to discover that grandad's home disappeared down the sink hole. The ground literally swallowed him u...
She cradled the faun's head.
Feeling like a fool, alone but still wondering how she looked, how she looked to other people. She should just allow ...
She cradled the faun's head and he went to sleep. I had read the final line of the bedtime story about a thousand ti...
She cradled the faun's head. She listened to its soft breath, listened to its complaint, listened its petition. But...
The woman at the window was dead. I knew because it was my sister. She appeared whenever we left the house. We no lon...
Sophie stood at the window, the curtains snug around her shoulders,trailing behind like a dress, or veil. The sun was...
she watched for him. the curtains engulfed her as she pressed her nose to the glass, eyes intent on the driveway. As ...
She'd always come running when I called.
She'd always come running when I called. That's why when she didn't come, I freaked out. My girlfriend was kind and g...
since the days have past, a girl of a young of her time has to run away as if she ever knew what was going on. She ha...
She'd always come running when I called. That one girl I relied on throughout the toughest of times. I couldn't imagi...
"Dammit it's cold today." Bard pulled his hat further down over his forehead and huddled into his fur. "This shit jus...
The blue sun gave off a cold light. The snow seemed to boil under its glare while the trees darkened at their core an...
Photoshoot for bikinis in the middle of winter in a snow covered backdrop was usually my worst dread. Today, however,...
Swing.
My mind was moving faster than my body. I wanted to play in the swing so bad but my feet weren't moving fast enough. ...
I let out a heavy sigh as I stepped over the cobwebs, allowing myself to have a moment of preparation. The swing rock...
she couldn't do it. her moist, clammy hands clung to the wooden pole with vicious might as she drew in intermittent, ...
"Wait, so he hit you?"
"No. He didn't." I hid the bruise on my face with veiled hair. I didn't want to admit the truth. It was harsh. "Then ...
"Wait, so he hit you?" "Yes, but it's not what it seems. He's been really stressed at work. He swore it would never h...
"Wait, so he hit you?" “No, I told you. He whispered just before I woke up.” I had already told the story a couple ...
Mary wandered through Arlington National Cemetery. She was looking for her grandfather's tombstone. In a sea of perfe...
I am different. I know it. They know it. They being society. In our society, we are to dress the same, act the same, ...
From the edge of a hole in the ground, lying on his side in a pool of his own blood, Jim looked around for his arm. ...
The children were not at school.
Aangekomen op het kruispunt keek ik naar rechts. En naar links. Links lag mijn bestemming. Een dag vol kennis en te...
The children were not at school. They had better, bolder, brighter things to be doing. The teachers didn't notice. Th...
The children were not at school. They were in the phone booth. Both of them - Kit and Lemuel. They just couldn't keep...
"What the hell happened here?" The man in the blue button up military coat came up to the wreck. He wore a hat on his...
I saw the thing. It was preserved in the glass case, the only one of its kind. So faithfully had the curators touched...
"Well shit, that didn't work," the conductor said. He walked around the wreckage, pulling out passengers. Women, mos...