The thaw came quite suddenly, and without warning, the three-fingers deep snow that had blanketed the ground for months gone in the blink of a cardinal’s eye. The deer felt it first, with their sensitive pelts and skittish nature. We could see them all throughout this sleepy Midwestern town the night before, stamping their hooves … Continue reading The Thaw
Clouds rolled in slowly, a rumbling deep within the fabric of the universal blanket, warming my soul and transforming the world around me. Raindrops, like tears of sorrow from a mother who’s just lost her only child, poured from the heavens without cessation. A flood gathered in the streets flowing towards an obscure point where … Continue reading Rainfall: A Short Story
She holds a ticket in her hand while she sits on the hard plastic chair in the airport lobby, trying to decide if it is even worth it. Ethan had gone on ahead, thinking she was on her way when she could get away, but she didn’t know then if she would, and she still … Continue reading @ The LAX Lobby: A Short Short
She opened the window, intent on hurling herself through that small aperture, out into the expanse of golden blue sky surrounding her beloved city. Little did she know that her rash decision would have consequences far beyond her present surroundings and well into the future for many, many people. On that spectacular day she was … Continue reading From the Vault: The Leap Not Taken (A Short Short)
From somewhere in the back seat of the Beamer came the muffled sounds of laughter, somehow carried on the wind, complements of the slightly lowered passenger side window. I turned around to see what was going on, but was instead blocked from the view by a large multi-colored blanket with several lumps underneath it. I … Continue reading Branson 5: A Short Story
“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; what is man, that thou art mindful of him…” – Psalms 8:3-4 She had a child last night, actually in the wee hours of the stolen morning when everyone and everything was still asleep, oblivious of … Continue reading Bright New Day: A Short Story
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