Blame the Sun
Bobby Joe was a good man. He beat his wife and raped his daughter, but he was a “good man.” Always paid his rent on time and smiled at you when he picked up…
Any Port for the Coming Storm
The dark, drafty old house was lopsided and decrepit, leaning in on itself, the way an aging possum carrying a very heavy, overcooked drumstick in his mouth…
Whether the Weather of Either
Sam struggled to stand upright, slipping once or twice in the mud. Jesse could hardly breathe, let alone speak. Light from the windows rippled through the…
The Doorbell?
A guest stumbled through the portal into the courtyard and worked her way to the giant, ominous blue doors that seemed to lead to nowhere since she couldn’t…
The Basement
You enter the basement over a small staircase you did not saw before. It is colder than in the rest of the house. Like a wave of sound you hear the clicking…
Morals
The angry heat of fire Seeped right to the heart Of the house It’s angles sagging, Groaning under invisible Burdens And with a sigh the roof Buckles A crack…
Error in B Minor
As the fire raged through the house, the cat sat upon a wall across the street and watched, smiling.
The Scent of Summer
My throat fought against the spore-clogged air, coughing up as much breath as it sucked down, as I slipped over the window sill. The glass was long gone and…
Views From a Jungle
You proceed into a jungle you hesitate to consider “man made”. Perfect sunlight streams through a little more than half of the innumerable panes of glass. The…
Engulfed
“What’s the worst way to die?” Jacob asked me. He was sitting indian style on my bed with his elbows hunkered over crossed legs-- leaning over me with sick…
Homegirl
I am a home. Of course, I’m also a girl. The home part, you can’t really see. But there’s a spell that installed a handy little apartment inside my…
The Only Way Out
As I left the front door, I lit my cigarette with the lighter and next, my house. The fire spread quickly, and I could hear my kids coughing from their room…
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…
House Guest
The cloud of smoke thins. For the first time, I see my captor. He is standing across the room, and his features are a blur. The hair is a mucky brown, the skin…
Hidden in the Sky
Sydney laid down the paint brush at last and took a few steps back to gaze lovingly up at his work. “Don’t you think it’s a little...” I hesitated…
1 Cerulean Hill Road
Looking up from the bottom of Cerulean Hill, one might have mistaken it for a nice place. The pale blue paint seemed innocent enough. The clean, white picket…
A Big Blue Stereotype
At the corner of my street sat a stereotype. A large blue house with a yard full of weeds and unmowed grass. It was littered with old, yellowed baseballs, sun…
The Darkness Closes
We didn’t have much time left. The sun was setting fast. We had gathered as many supplies as we could and jammed as much as we could in every door and window…
The Description of the Haunted House
Steeped in shadow, darkness echoed and folded inside itself until sunlight was absorbed completely, and the trees, large mammoths of green foliage bunched…
Rose Garden
I know I was wrong, but I felt that I was right. You had told me to walk way, and come home. (A late husband’s voice remains inside my head.) Rose Garden a…