Tweet“This is a good vintage.” He scooped a handful of soil and let it run through his fingers. It fell in loose clumps, a dark brown shade, and landed back in the rough burlap bag on the floor. “It looks fantastic. That color is so rich, so deep.” He licked the few remaining moist flecks [...]
It was a smell, a feeling, that alerted Frank. Something was off. The smell of blood and decay, a tinge of saliva and feces. The fog shifted forward, revealing bones. Most were gnawed clean, some broken for the marrow. There were piles, Frank guessed just under a hundred, mostly animals. Most, but not all.
Today’s incident was mostly her own fault; she recognized that. But she also understood that no kind of security was completely infallible, especially when pitted against a determined antagonist. She couldn’t count on anyone to protect her. Not Kevin Briggs, not Hancock, and not Kyle Merrimac.
TweetSitting in a corner of the tiny dance studio, I watch her every move, not wanting to miss a thing. I commit it all to memory, not knowing how long I have to view. Taking photos in my mind, I file it all away. Fingers gently resting on the barre, Not too tight, barely [...]
TweetI really should have worn a different set of shorts. Maybe the white ones with the swoosh down by the left knee. These three-striped black and red ones are so much heavier; what was I thinking when I bought extra large? My feet are pounding away on the pavement out in front of my apartment, [...]
Tweet1. Half-price Easter chocolate tastes strangely of dusty bread and a hint of sour grapes. 2. and to tell the truth, I love you. and to tell the truth, when I say that I’m lying. 3. When you came on the television chopped off at the waist and speaking in tongues, I wanted to turn [...]