You Don't Rip Out The Soul To Save The Body
Harsh, the fluorescents of the radiologist’s office; stiff, the small metal chairs; wrinkled, the suit worn by the concert pianist who waited to hear about his…
Burial Considerations
A bright screen These pages brim with words which have themselves already written. Boldness, vastness, but all irrelevant. A password The new title for this…
Burning, Burning, Burning for You
Rae sulked. Violet stood motionless in the night, able in her mechanical way to wait patiently for her point to be made. From within she detected humming, a…
Command Decisions Or Why Sometimes It's Good to Be Quiet
The cheers rang out, and the assorted host congratulated one another heartily for their determination and collected moxie. Prince Therod especially beamed with…
Release
“The area is cleared. Final check done.” the voice over the radio said. Paul reached over to the radio. “Copy.” There was nothing else to say. The next step…
Crossroads
He weighed the two documents against each other. More than two thousand years with all their thickness in his left hand, and a mere three hundred in the right…
Resolutions Amongst the Odors and Vapors
Somewhere between the cacophony of the crowd and the sound of his own heartbeat thundering in his ears, reality melted away in the dingy bathroom. Something…
Chica in Mexico
“You’re under arrest.” She rummaged in her purse for something. “For multiple homicides --” “Under whose authority? You’re in Mexico, chica, US law…
The Final Decision
He looks at the metal monster sitting on the table in front of him. He doesn’t want to touch it or even go near it lest he do something stupid. Taking a deep…
Advice
This will be the biggest decision he’ll ever have to make, so he attempts to summon it. It’s always there, a part of himself that he accepts. He has come to…
A Plastic Pause
He stared at the humongous fish tank that severed the restaurant in two and wondered what the waiter’s reaction would be if he demanded the pale orange guy…
Hiding Behind The Stitches
The Stitches that hold me together Are getting ready to break I’m not sure how much more I can take Despair Everything I do is wrong How many more times will…