“There, you will make your stand”
Truth is stranger than fiction, they say, and they are right, at least sometimes. I know someone struck by lightning three times. Two of America’s Founding Fathers died on July […]
Tag Archives: horror
The Search
We were up early in the cold. No one talked much. There was only the sound of crying, which you might expect. I wish she’d stop carrying on so, someone […]
No Life Guard On Duty
The summer of the yellow swimsuit she was ten and tall for her age. Skinny as a beanpole, her mother would say, in a way that always made her feel […]
Livestock
This morning I woke up early, like I been doing ever since I started doing the livestock chores. It’s getting to be high summer now, and by seven it is […]
The Happiest Place On Earth
I never suspected anything – no one did. I mean, did you? When you went, did you? See, that’s how I know how good they were – I don’t even […]
The Last Rush Hour
I woke up like usual. The sound of morning rush hour traffic outside my window. I thought about the report I had to write and send off to a client. […]
Cellular Connection
He was going to end it tonight. This time for sure. This time he really would do it. He would not let himself feel guilty. He would be cold. That […]
Ribbons
Keeer ki ki shurrrr She dreamed of food. She always did, these days. Pork chops and creamed corn. Hamburgers with concentric rings of onion, thick rounds of tomato. Long skinny […]
Daddy’s Pet
She smelled him the moment she walked in the door. It wasn’t as bad as yesterday, though. Maybe I should leave, go out tonight. The thought streaked through her mind, […]
High Rise
He is back in the city, back home. He shivers in his inadequate jacket. He lives in a place where coats are not necessary; he has forgotten how cold and […]
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