Short Story
He Saw Birds
Chronic drug use has gifted him with a superpower he does not want.
The Writer
“You wrote this?” she asked, her eyes glistening. It was as if the one thing she’d wanted her entire life had miraculously appeared before her. “I mean, I…” He was spared having to finish his sentence. She’d leant back in and hunched over the printed stack of A4, shifting herself purposefully back on the chair […]
The Red Stained Carpet
Part One: In Transit Slumping onto the bus shelter bench, Alec set his book down and sighed. Reading for long periods often gave him headaches, but now he had no choice but to accept them as formality. He zipped up his coat, slid the book back into his bag, and stared blankly past the other […]
The Google Docs Will See You Now
Mom must have skipped some meds the day I dropped in on her because she took one look at my iPhone and launched into one of her kvetches. “You know how I worry about those foilishtik internets, but I only nag you about it because I love you. I just want you should not be […]
THE PIT
He walked away from the gates of heaven and stood at the pit of hell. Shirt wrinkled, shoes worn, his face reflected that of a wary traveler. Gabriel moved with purpose and conviction. His entire life experiences as has become the sum total of this moment. His mind was bogged down with burden, stranded in […]
Skinny Chris
Love is like bath bubbles.
Tender moments shine as they float, then pop without warning.
Museum For Women Who Did Not Appear
“There is a difference between a choice and a wish. We were never asked what we wished for.”
It Is Finished
The full moon casts a burnished halo on the bed, their bed, the marriage bed, banishing any and all traces of rapture from the room. The stench of unspoken words populates the heavy stillness as the two undress. She looks up and catches him gazing, with longing, at her plump, ripe breasts. She gives him […]
Leaving
The street lights wake her up before her alarm does. Light streams through the blinds of her window as if they weren’t there at all. For a moment, the street lights somehow manages to blind her, even though her eyes are still closed. It’s all very rude, she thinks. Niecey doesn’t even understand why they’re […]
