Sweet Prince
A cold wet spear of panic lanced sideways through my chest, forcing me onto an equal plane with the damp evening grass. “... and we’re at the hospital now.” My…
Life After Death and Phone Calls
A small, plump woman was sitting in her home examining an error message on her computer when the phone rang. She picked up the receiver. “Hello?” she said…
Phone Call
Sandra and I walked into a restaurant on a street corner of Manhattan. As the door swung open, the strong smell of grease entered my nose. I instructed Sandra…
A Call From a Stranger
The phone rang, causing Adam to look up from his book. He’d thought of disconnecting the troublesome thing before, in situations like this; being ripped from…
The phone call
He sat in silence, not sure whether to get angry or let the tears flow. He decided against the latter and immediately punched a hole right into his wall. Jason…
Phone Call
“I’m sorry about what Brian did to you,” Jen says. Liz switches the phone to her left ear. “Yeah... it’s just that. I loved him so much I can’t believe he...”…
Here's to Madison
I feel her pain. I know what it’s like when someone gives you their word and then goes against it. I know it’s only one phone call, but you don’t do that to a…
'Sweetheart'
I swear my heart stopped for a second. On my worst days I’d think back, wishing it actually had. “You alright sweetheart?” the man said in a deep voice, his…
New Phone!
Just subscribed to this new phone service from AT&T. I’m so excited! The advertisement I saw in the science journal I was reading at the clinic said that the…
Call from Another Familiar Stranger
The phone rings. “Hello?” “Hey Eric, it’s Fred your lawyer.” “OK.” I recognize Fred’s voice as the college kid who I hire to do odd jobs around the house from…
Call From a Familiar Stranger
The phone rings. “Hello?” “Hey, Eric, it’s Todd.” “Hey,” I say, faintly taken aback--I know Todd from work, but we don’t talk much. “Um--God,” he lets out in…
I was afraid she wasn't
“Why do you want to talk now?” she asked me. Her voice wasn’t filled with anger, or hesitation. She was just asking a question. The truth was, I didn’t know…