The phone rings in the front office. Two weeks ago our receptionist had gotten her fill of Red Valley and moved out, so Ernie and I have…
The whole capsule almost shook apart as they let the panels out to break the velocity and pulse to the surface. Clutching the rails on either side of his seat, there was barely enough space left in his core to get one last gasp of oxygen before the minute-and-a-half of suffocation that was the…
The back roads were never really an option for Charlie before tonight. He was never angry enough to need to take an extra hour to get back to the farm. Darkness everywhere. On every winding section of the forest and field filled country route, nothing but shadow and a few forlorn fences.
The box was bigger than I was. When my father hauled it into my room, it sounded as heavy as lead when he thumped it down on…
A golden color.A gentle crunch.A lingering warmth,fading more and more with time.What did you think of?Nature?Perhaps you thought,“Ah. How deep these words,embracing the beauty of the fall.”Nope.It’s just a bagel;I’m not that fucking deep.
“They figure out what’s doing this yet?”
The man who had taken up unwelcome residence at my booth was arranged sloppily, one arm thrown over the back of the seat. His necktie lapped at the…
Meredith lay in bed, drifting to sleep as Ethan caressed her head, smoothing her hair back. He was overcome by fatigue, his strokes growing slower as he slipped into slumber as well.
Both so relaxed, they didn’t notice the front door, which they had forgotten to lock, being nudged open.
She’s lying in her bed, surrounded by mounds of blankets and pillows, wanting nothing more than to glue her eyes shut.
Not that she thinks that will help.
She hasn’t slept in weeks, the one month mark approaching quickly, reminding her that she never got…
