Short Fiction and Poetry

I walked with my invisible dog on a leash and people with real dogs smiled and said, “What a lovely animal!” [...]

I was on a trail. But then I was on a train. I was with the beloved. How come the sun doesn’t hurt your eyes with the brightness [...]

Dressed in a tattered green cagoule and oversized yellow boots, Mister Whistler cut a peculiar figure. [...]

Bennie turned from Kai to hide her glee. Her pulse quickened. She stayed silent and awaited the push, the pressure.  [...]

This is not a letter. This is a rant. This is a speech. This is a statement. I am sick and tired of making a plan [...]

“I like the touch of the cool sheets when we get into bed,” the man had said on the first of many nights. The city lights were shining [...]

I am an unsuccessful man. My mind wanders. Suddenly I’m adrift in deep, open water. [...]

When I lived with my parents, our house was next to a cemetery. My father claimed it was cheaper to live near the dead than the living [...]

Leaf of brass Barn of blood Belladonna, sty of mud Sallow field Scent of ash Marigold and heather lash [...]

“Samuel Brown. You killed me.” Samuel Brown woke up from a dead sleep and banged his head on the overturned rowboat [...]