Blood Town Forest

1946

A single letter sat in William Blood’s mailbox, the address for Philip Kaufman, in the corner…

Cogito Ergo Zoom

We cruised past the closed gas station lot with a glut of hot cars parked on it. Tim shifted his 1967 Pontiac GTO down to second…

River in Time

The river calls and I heed Her, my addiction. Once, a human load of clothes set to life-or-death. The spillway ravages my teenage…

Megan’s Journey Through the Labyrinth

She’d searched for Ford that day and met Benedikt instead; at the end of the afternoon they…

Abandonment Issues

We stopped across the street from the building and got out of the basic white rental car, economy-sized, like my budget. I…

The Women of Harper House

Her mother would tell you she’d never been good at climbing; a false hope. At twelve years, Wren Harper mastered…

The Opposite of Fall

Cara never got used to the uneven cobblestones. This city has been around since 753 BC, you’d think they would have…

Alone

I never want to die alone, but it seems that’s my fate.

I Am the Leprechaun

Wedding anniversaries are challenging for anyone, but perhaps more so for my wife and I. We have been married since 1940…

Gone Fishing

I remember the night that myself and Blue Louis took some time out with a bottle in the abandoned petrol station before the bad times…