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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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Some Off-Ramp Town
Outside it's bright and blue and open like the ocean. But isn't. This is Exit 118 in Southern Arizona. Just off I-10. Out there, beyond this windowpane, is the country and it rolls like waves in some...
Some Off-Ramp Town
Outside it's bright and blue and open like the ocean. But isn't. This is Exit 118 in Southern Arizona. Just off I-10. Out there, beyond this windowpane, is the country and it rolls like waves in some ...
Tourists and Whales
The waves, they're making me sick. Sick like nauseous, like throwing up, like turning green sick and I'm miserable. I'm beginning to wonder if this was worth it. And there goes my neighbor. Yellow and...
Road Junk
There’s a truck. It’s red and old and it’s clunking down the road toward me. This truck, it’s the type of vehicle my sign might work on. I grab my cardboard sign from its perch against my gree...
Lost Somewhere in the Desert
This post was inspired by a post by Mr. Grudge. I've lost someone. In the desert, you will find a child named Andrew. He will be 5, 6, maybe 7 years old. On his face, there will be paint like......
Cliff Jumping
That there, it's jagged cliffs racing 65 feet downward toward black water at an ancient rock quarry. This is the plan: Go. Run. Jump. Don't Drown. And I think it's an awful fucking idea. My friend, th...
Mile Marker One, Part III of III
A series of stories straight from the heat-soaked asphalt of the American Southwest highway, Part III of III (read Part I and Part II): Here we are. Final day. And it's not going to end how you hope. ...
Mile Marker One, Part II of III
A series of stories straight from the heat-soaked asphalt of the American Southwest highway, Part II of III (read Part I): First, we must start with Explosions in the Sky - The Birth and Death of the ...