The Blessing
“Do you even have the faintest idea why you’re still single?” my mother asks. Questioning me out of the blue is the way she offers her unsolicited…
The Randomness of 16
Kymmie became Somni’s sidekick, her partner in crime and together they hotwired a very large Oldsmobile in a Walmart parking lot…
My Name Be Entropy
I serenaded the twilight every night, luring stars close enough to be plucked from the sky, one by one, and I saved their beauty in my clutch bag…
We Call It Love
We tend to fight, even in our marriage, for warrior blood courses through our veins and sometimes fighting is right. Necessary…
The Wooden Cup
The last meal? Declined. Told that I might dine on whatever foodstuffs my heart desired, I found myself wanting nothing that would possibly remind me…
This Simple Truth
It was a dark and stormy night, the type I was all too familiar with—when all my estranged family and distant friends slept but I couldn’t because…
One Last Thing, Before I Go
My loved ones gather at my wake and raise a parting glass to wish me safe passage on my unearthly travels and as I feel myself being pulled away…
The Web and the Too Close Crescent Moon
I’m looking up at this crescent moon and it’s too big, like I can almost reach out and touch it…but my arms won’t move. In fact, I can’t move my body…
Time Out of Joint
By the time you read this, this version of me will be dead, but your version will just have been born, but before you become dismayed, know that…
Welcome Home
It was there, hidden in plain sight amongst the stars, the cipher that contained the answer to the meaning of all existence, and after Nialla…
The Hand of Love
My father died when I was young and I was the last person in the family to find out. Everyone thought they were protecting me, shielding me from…
The Missing Piece
The Universe expanded just wide enough to allow worlds to form. And those worlds were meant to spawn beings. And those beings were…
The Very First Film That Terrified Me! – Invaders From Mars (1953)
The heavens. Once an object of superstition, awe, and fear, now a vast region for growing knowledge. The distance of Venus, the…
The Ennui of This Moment
He really did try his damnedest to live his life in a productive manner, the only bit of advice he retained from his absentee father before he faded…
Picture Yourself Being A Better You!
You know you’ve done it often enough. Hell, we all have. Who among us hasn’t daydreamed about living a better life? Being the boss of your dream job…
Beached
At first, his world was consumed by the sounds of the sea. Rolling waves smashing against rocks. The shrill caw of seagulls from somewhere high…
Strong Roots Amongst The Clay
Once there was a kindly woman who was known all about the town as Lovely Lucy, not so much for her appearance, for she was endowed with…
One Hell Of An Offer
Modestine was aware of the gap in her memory, the section of consciousness that was removed and two separate events seamlessly…
Joey Mac and the Pearlescent Unicorn Uniform (Part 1)
His job made Joseph MacDonal II, Joey to his pals, the enemy of the world and a target for assassination. He was one of the few people on the planet…
Things Kept Precious
My mother warned me to guard the things I held precious by keeping them hidden inside me. The only thing I held precious was her and I…
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