After Forty

Jonathan looked down at his empty glass, it a fitting metaphor for his life.

His most recent sales trip had been a disaster. He was convinced that he was mere inches from crossing the finish line with the prospect — a handshake away from vacation, and a break, and another lease on…

Commonlaw

It was about 7:30 pm on Sunday night when the credits of the season’s last episode appeared on the screen before them, snaps of white light strobing across the otherwise-dark room as each name scrolled past.

Tuesday In The Office

The crowd huddled closely around Lindsay’s monitor. Only the occasional chuckle and whisper of “oh, I could do that” escaped the group’s rapt awe.

As the audience remained entranced, Steven passed by. He noticed the entire Marketing team, otherwise heads down…

Broadway

Chapter 1.

He wrote his ode to “Manhattan”—a love letter to a glam version of the destination that was now tattered in pathetic fallacy, rain meeting tear as they together fell from faces freshly feeling the remorse of a newfound President-elect.

When The Writing Stopped

Found on his typewriter next to a burnt out pile of buts in an ashtray unkempt. He was 26.

January 1, 2008: A Letter In Memorandum

There was a time, years ago, when I wrote religiously. As vital as breathing, ’twas; as necessary as…

Under The Shady Tree

“Tobias, why are you so tall?”

Alexis asked him as though he were going to respond. She sat under him, fiddling with her pencil as she left her homework undone for greater matters, like talking to her tree.

Bonbons

Tommy and Monica sat in the playground that morning slowly unwrapping and eating bonbons.