Greyscale Arson
lighted sound breaks at dawn but all around the world is grey midday, the city simmers noise the system is fully functional. rise up - the streets are free…
Hindsight
Madeline, a tall, athletic girl, walked home from school one day, seeing her older sister sitting outside a restaurant with a group of friends. She smiled and…
A Murder Mystery
It was cold. I’m sure there were other facts that I should have noticed, but at that moment, all that had ever been or would be was the frigid chill freezing…
Splendid and Sublime
How could time elapse After we inevitably collapse Into nothing? I ask To get a grasp on the questions I bring And so forth we spring Like a sapling From…
Chronicles Of Millie and Me Chapter 4
Cuthridge, Victoria, Australia May 8th 1989 The day had finally arrived for the new owners to move into their new home. The family comprised of a mother…
365 Days of Books
It started off as a New Year resolution. The idea, not mine of course, though I would love to have taken credit for it. “Don’t wear white socks all year,”I…
Routine Start
Patrick was never fond of beginnings, empty things that only beg to be fed, giving nothing back until they die of surfeit. Easy enough, except beginnings are…
Urheimat
On the plain of the ancestors, the priest held the boy. There were five mounds, pyramidal in form but with flat tops. The blood from the ritual sacrifice was…
Beginning the Beginning
The judge wandered into the room. He took his time and sat down, smoothing his gray hair involuntarily with his right hand as he did so. He asked the jury an…
How It Begins
This is the first sentence. But before there could be a first sentence, there had to be a first crime. And a first conviction.
Trips, the Feeling of Motion
Gray morning, light drizzle, cold breeze. My breath drifting wisps from deep in my coat and scarf. The bustle of cars and people, the feeling of destination…
Toast at an unexpected breakfast
“Oh...” she murmured, coaxed out of sleep by the unfamiliar presence. “You’re still here?” “I am, aren’t I?” he replied, far more awake and aware than her…
Genesis
In the beginning there was nothing, or at least that what it seemed like. Really, there was just me, and my desire to meet someone here in this new alien place…
What A Way
A camera is essential to any gathering of girls; this is what you’ve learned from time after time arriving to these group events without a camera. “No, really…
New Beginning
new start new page first letter first word Chapters filled with endless journeys All in hopes to find a New Beginning
My First - Pt. 8
It was a warm night, and at first, we walked in silence. I was happy, proud even, just to be walking next to her. “Tell me something,” I asked. “Shoot,” “Have…
My First - Pt. 7
We talked. We laughed. We did everything that anonymous couples did in a cheesy diner milkshake shop did. And I wasn’t a dork. I started to realize that I…
My First - Pt 6
Did I just say that out loud? I know I was thinking it. But did my mouth actually say it? A smile spread over Andrea’s face, and she giggled, “Thank you Eric…
My First - Pt. 5
“Are you alright?” Andrea laughed, “relax. It’s just me, Eric,” “Just you,” he laughed, and nodded, “I know. I know. I get so nervous all the time. I’m not…
My First - Pt. 4
She embraced me, putting her right hand behind my head, and she gave my short hair a playful scratching (sending chills down my left side). “I’m so glad you…