I never felt like a burden. She would tell me I could do whatever I wanted, be anything I put my mind to. Her love for me was unconditional. Can’t say the same for the Grans. Even when I was very young, it was obvious they thought she made two mistakes. First getting pregnant and … Continue reading On our own
Category: Flash Fiction
All we need is love
“You’d do it if you loved me.” Those seven words changed her life forever. Once she gave in, he wouldn’t answer her calls or talk to her at school. She was a nobody again. Then the nausea started, and her flow stopped, and she knew. He called her names and refused to believe her. Her … Continue reading All we need is love
Girl from Ipanema
“Well, what do you know Walt, Christmas cards from the ‘rents and Viv,” her voice echoed in the empty post office atrium. Flipping open the card written in her mother’s feminine flourish, she smiled at the childish cartoon drawing that was her father’s signature. Pauley was still adjusting to her long-dead mother resurrected, and living … Continue reading Girl from Ipanema
Bogeyman
Keeping my arms and legs pulled in tight, I dare not let them fall over the edge of my bed. I hear the scratching, feel the hot breath of what is lurking beneath. Pale faces at my window, alien and distorted, paralyze me with fear. I shake my head, trying to dispel white noise voices … Continue reading Bogeyman
Masterworks
Beneath the vast, ever expanding sky, Sol and his celestial cast of players perform in a cosmic display. Pirouetting across a blue velvet backdrop, they paint swirls of gold and indigo, marmalade and champagne on the canvas. Beyond the curve of the earth, beyond the reach of the moon, beyond the spell of the siren, … Continue reading Masterworks
Beer goggles
"There are none so blind, as those who will not see.” All I can do is shake my head. There’s no talking to her. All she does anymore is speak in clichés and movie quotes. I don’t believe she even knows what half of it really means. The other’s hang on her every word. "Ooohhing" … Continue reading Beer goggles
Thin spiral notebook 