houdini
He groped for the wire. When he was six, he’d tried to make a pencil disappear with a rubber band. It panicked and flew into his thumb instead. It took a week…
The Door To The Cupboard We Hadn't Put On Yet
The Door To The Cupboard We Hadn’t Put On Yet leant against the wall in the living room in it’s original packaging. It could hear people in the living room but…
Winter's Plea
Summer! Summer! Why do you forsake me so, my bride? The evening tide has left me cold. The morning breeze with chill unfolds across the fading sea. Have you…
Dee
‘Hey, Dee.’ ‘Hm?’ ‘How can you even work with that pixie floating around?’ Ey mumbled in response, one hand writing swishy signatures, the other moving the…
The Easy Life
Kara had not passed a house in days when she came upon the little run-down shrine along the Great Wastes Road. Curious, she brushed open the torn curtain to…
Child of the Heavens
Now after time had past, the Sun and Moon became dissatisfied with emptiness, that ever present lack surrounding them. No more was joy amidst the garden…
Poetry And Her Poet
“Poetry, poetry, what have you brought? Inspiring phrases, ideas, or thoughts? Give to me clarity so I may see the path of the task within which I am caught.”…
The Sky Tonight
You should have seen the sky tonight. The rains had been steady all day, rinsing out the dust and thick air. After the sun fell, the sky was so deep a blue…
He, the Dawn
I have ushered. I have saved. I have released the sufferer, In extremity their will tested, by my caress, their journey ended into the hold of eternal night…
Aloe Vera Amputee
I’d left them outside too long. I didn’t know there would be a frost last night. I’ll never forgive myself. I cringed as I gazed sorrowfully at the Aloe Vera &…
I'm Back
The Note Writer was somewhere in the Internet. He wasn’t exactly sure where, but he would be able to figure that out. He as currently walking down a road…
Silent Eye
People think I’m indifferent. That I’m faceless, and therefore unprejudiced. But this isn’t true. Just because you see only your pretty little face in me…
Better to be the Water
I skirt the edge of incoming waves as I try to stay dry. I didn’t think to change into swimming trunks when I came out here and started walking. I just wanted…
In Shadow
I slink amid the lurking shadows in the narrow hallway, all too aware of the structure’s groans, creaks, & whines intermingling with my own hollow footsteps &…
An Apostrophe to Creative Block upon NaNoWriMo Efforts.
O ye fiendish devils! That I may be blocked for the better part of two weeks from updating my essay this year, and that ye dost compel me to undergo a midterm…
The greatest myth of them all
Her endless skirt swirled in silvery tides and currents. Far below, at her immense hems, they sat, swarming and intent, like worker bees or ants. Stitching…
Pleased to Meet You, Hope You Guess My Name
Sometimes I really, really hated my brother. He’d cruise around town instigating little shallow plots between friends, lovers, neighbors. He took pleasure in…
Old Enemies
I called Fear seven days ago. I thought I had punched in Hannah’s number, but I must have misdialed--when the phone came off its cradle with a static crunch…