Dennis, His Missus, Or Something Else
“Dennis. Dennis? Dennis!” “You’re very shrill when you get tired, you know.” This, mostly likely, did not represent the best response in the given moment. He’d…
Mistral
The letters exactly squared on the desk where you sit poised in thought, fingers black with crinkling words that pass under your hands; the scent of home has…
A Letter
There was pain. This fact was constant throughout the duration of my memory. It always harms me to recall something, usually in the general recess of my mind…
The Ultimate Rejection Letter
Dear Sir, I would have taken the time to return your manuscript, but didn’t want to risk having it fall into the hands of someone else capable of reading it. I…
Happy Holidays to the Mortimers! (A)
Happy holidays to the Mortimers! _Has it already been a year? Time sure flies when you’re having fun. We really need to get together more often before it’s…
Lost in the Twilight
Dear Sun, I look for you everyday. I can only find you every once in a while. When I hang around in the morning... it’s like a “morning after.” But after what…
Ugly Beautiful
Dearest body, You used to be so beautiful. You used to be strong and fast and worth looking at. Now you pant as you walk, groan as you rise and creak as you…
I'll be watching over you
Sam, It’s been a year now since we broke up, and I’ve come to this conclusion: I’ll never get over you. Do you remember when we first met? You wanted to hide…
Challenge Accepted
In the back seat of the towncar, Rachel ran her fingers over the embossed letters of the invitation. She knew the words by heart but lately whenever she grew…
Memories Resurface
She hides the worn letter, stepping unsurely up to the door.
Thank You For Leaving
I lost you. I am not significant to you. You might even say I never had you at all. I am just a pigment of light inside your castle. That is it. I won’t deny…
Untitled
Mother, You will never read this, but somehow that is the point. I will never talk to you again, and if at all possible, I will never see you again either…
Why Don't You Write Me?
Impatient with the steady clack of hoofbeats on the hard trail I nudged Emily to a trot. I knew the noise would draw Ernesto out to meet me. The look on his…
Dear Disrespectful, Blasphemous Human being
Dear Disrespectful, Blasphemous, Inconsiderate Human Being, Stop being a contemptuous prick that stays up all hours of the night. Unlike some people, I…
To My Nephew
My very young Nephew, Having invested large reserves of my time and funds into your upbringing and education, I admit myself exceedingly perturbed by the…
To: Peter C. Kincaid, Pike County, Ohio
Baton Rouge, February the 11th, 1861 Dearest Peter - I do hope this letter finds you in good health. I must apologize for the tardiness of my reply considering…
Never Meant To Be Sent
You are the freshest Most precious Incandescent One hundred percent Expressive setter of precedence I wrote you a letter That was never meant To be sent... I…
FOR:________
A recluse bloats with bruises Above the note he left on the floor. He chose to choke the excuses of why he couldn’t cope, And address the letter to…
Letters from the Apocalypse, July 30 2060
Elisa, I hope this letter gets to you. The crazies have been really active along the Trade Road and I think they killed the last courier. The other routes were…
Message from the Management
Dear Hot Chicks: Please loiter in my lobby Thanks. the management