Short Fiction and Poetry

“We have to cross here. We can’t walk by pansy house.” I looked at Marlene. “Pansy house?” “It’s a bungalow down the block [...]

I heard the cry of seagulls far away. It echoed in the chambers overhead And lingered in my ears a while, So serene and peaceful [...]

Tears like summer rain mark complicated emotions on my cheeks [...]

Just a couple more steps and he would be in the perfect spot. The spotlights on the machine shone through the rain [...]

These darkened bones of half broken horses. Arguing at a gallop soon they became drenched in lather [...]

Luke Russell held the rock in his hand. He didn’t know why he picked up the rock; he just had a need to hold it [...]

My thoughts swirl and collide, then rip apart, lost to me. Time has no meaning, and I drift trapped [...]

City that held me in its undercurrents: drug deals, bars at night, bands that came & went like minor crimes [...]

The drizzle had no idea how to take the next step and burst into rain. A leaf the color of autumn drifted [...]

for the first time in ages I welcome the warm weight of a small child on my lap the nape of her neck beneath her silken hairline [...]