Monthly Archives February 2010

The Gift

  Gray skies, gray heart. So gray she predicted there would be a heavy cloud Hovering over her home, Upon her return from chinese food, Just waiting, patiently, To empty itself on her. She watched the sky on the way home…nothing. She pulled onto her street…not a cloud in sight. Into the driveway…there it was. [...]

Alone Is The Dark

Infinitely dark is the wasteland that connects the cities of man. Tonight this is especially true, but eventually this darkness is split by the magnetism of two lights: a distant neon that appears on the horizon and the guiding light of a train that grows ever closer to it. Brightness pierces the night. Not only [...]

Enlightenment

                        Note: I needed a small break from Charlie Marley, D.O.A. so I decided to post this little monster for this week. MS.    Edgar stood with unsteady legs upon the top step of the small stepstool. The damn thing had one leg considerably shorter than the other making it wobble spastically as the [...]

The Word Club, Part One

Jim peered up at the neon sign in puzzlement. ‘Janet honey, are you sure this is the right place?’ Janet looked at him askance. ‘Of course I’m sure. I entered ‘Breeding ground for the world’s most creative minds’ on the web, and this was top of the list. “A 24/7 symposium for all topics, genres, [...]

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