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I write short-short stories also known as flash fiction. Read this to get away for a minute.
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Banana In A Sling
Out my window, the sun sets, and as I watch the orange light creep across my wall, I realize that I didn’t pick up my purple wig from the dry cleaners – the shoulder-length one with the ...
Mountain Overlook
In the mountains, with the snow falling creating a soft, white blanket like love, I drive the mountain curves and try not to fall over the edge. The tires spinning and skipping, I’m a first time...
Lonely Road
Alone. I lost something very important to me today. On the road, my feet in the dirt, the asphalt burning through my pants, I sit facing the forest. In there, through those trees, it’s dark an...
Office King
Someone save me before I decide to save myself. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm This is like trying to build a sand castle in the Sahara. No water = no castle. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII am IM. ; )...
Poor in Vegas
My hand is growing tired from putting nickels in the nickel slots. Our waitress, she’s disappeared. I think she’s caught on to our game. Free drinks as long as you’re gambling. A d...
Psychic
This psychic, her head shaved, her fingers disappearing behind rings, she asks me, “So, that girl’s giving you problems, huh?” Now, this is the first thing she’s said, and to...
Crash Landing, Part II of II
Check out Part I In my head, everything goes dalkdaltk;asdighdh;vafnlkdnegtasiedhg;aldkrjadfe. “Approaching final descent for belly landing.” The Captain, his voice the commanding pres...
Us and The Bend
My eye peaks around a bend, and there you are. You stand how a Greek would carve a God into stone. I hear your voice, though you don’t talk; your eyes say everything. Blue and bold like legends ...
My Guinness Bid/Step One to Stardom!
First, I have to say that I didn't think it'd take so much prep. lol. Scalpel. Saw. PCP (already ingested!). Pen and paper -- I guess for posterity; maybe I will get into Guinness :) I need to hurry...
White Room (yet again)
Help me out! I'm going to write The White Room series (White Room, White Room (again)) over and over until I find one that sticks. Why? Because I'm going to turn the good one into a short film. Help m...
White Room (again)
I stand with my back to the television. On it I hear the world screaming. With my back to it, I stare at the wall. A white wall that stands tall in front of me. It's plain and white and flat and insur...
White Room
My box. My space. It's 10x10. It's white and plain and seamless. It's a mold gelled together for simplicity sake. My box, it's sailing through space — The Great Beyond. "Not long now.&q...