The Beginning A woman calls to complain about her newly bought television set. I try to tell her she’s called the wrong number but she insists she’s got the right number. She says her “smart-phone” told her that number, my number, was the number for her local Best-Buy. The Best-Buy
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Two Seconds Later
Have you ever thought of the opportunities which could present themselves with the ability to freeze time and space? As Carl watched his crush trip, sending her books flying in front of her, he thought of this concept with deep intrigue. “If I could just freeze time I could catch
1971
“There’s a convenience store about 10 minutes south. We could head over there and be back before no time.” “Are you sure you need them? I’m sure one night isn’t going to kill you.” The two men were discussing their need for a cigarette while getting their tools ready for
A Storm of Crows
I had come to this place to remember, nothing more. As I was sitting there on the sandy bank of the river where I had spent the happiest moments of my youth I began to hear again the voices of playful laughter rising above the constant roar of the passing
The Little Things
The flash is what I will remember the most. It was unlike anything I’d ever seen before. It was unworldly; ethereal. Everything after that flash will simply remain a scarred memory I choose to forget. ~ I’d been taking pictures that day: an assignment for a digital photography course I
Januaries First Snow
It was a mid-winter day and the wind was blowing particularly hard. The temperature was 24 degrees Fahrenheit but the wind chill factor was well below zero. It had not snowed yet and it was unlikely there would be a first snow of the winter that year. For the past
Vote
I get up early in the mourning, driven solely by the thoughts of the day ahead. I turn on the TV, not watching but listening to every growing lie told by the media. Exasperated by this, I turn the TV off and turn on the radio. I don’t listen to
My Hello Kitty Bracelet
I knew it was going to be a bad day when I woke up and had two thoughts pounding inside me head; begging to come out. Is the math test today or is it tomorrow? It’s always “today” when you have to ask, isn’t it? Okay then, I guess I
Makayla
The winter-morning breeze was taunting the brave to dare venture out into its grasp. It’s short icy breaths mimicking the cries of a newborn—one-minute calm and then the next, bellowing out in an unbearable tempest. Among the hundreds of early risers dressed in layers—shirt, fleece, sweater, and jacket, Makayla was
His New Friend
Little Matthew was 5 years old and loved going outside, exploring the garden behind his house that to his perspective appeared enormous. It was there that he found it. He had never seen one before and maybe that’s why it caught his attention as it chewed on his mother’s roses.
Evil Alien Scum
With his backpack in his hands, eyes locked on the floor, Zachary walked up his driveway to where his mother was watching him get off the bus. She could tell from afar something was wrong. The way Zach was walking in a ditzy manner, sort of like a drunk and
David
A sharp sudden knock on the door jolts Ian from his trance like state. He rubs his eyes and looks at his mother lying in the bed next to him, chest heaving with each hard laborious breath. The room is cold yet her forehead is beaded in sweat. Her face
Cold Case
Her name was Denise Olsen. She was 19 with cobalt blue eyes, dirty blonde hair and studying medicine at Wake Forest University. She was driving to her parent’s house for Thanksgiving dinner when she was killed by someone closer to her than anyone can imagine. Her body was found lying
Chapped Lips
Walking towards Christine’s house, I instinctively reach into my pocket and pull out my ChapStick: Original strawberry flavor. The fact that I use ChapStick is girly enough so I stay away from extravagant flavors like winter-morning mint and honey blaze. I lightly coat my upper and lower lips with the
Carrie Looks The Other Way
Carrie opened the book, half watching over her shoulder, half peeping in. It’d taken her three days of snooping in her sister’s room to find her diary and finally after so much work she was getting a chance to find out what her sister really thought of Jake, the current
