5 floors of extraordinary ~ the flyer
“Why, hello there, visitor!” she said, her ocher eyes looking me up and down. “What is your name?” I opened my mouth to speak, but Mr. Conner beat me to it…
5 floors of extraordinary ~ the mistress
Mr. Conner knocked on the door until a voice called “Enter!” It was a girls voice, not a woman’s voice, and suggested her age to be early teen, unlike me at…
5 floors of extraordinary ~ a honey-colored door
“A fixer-upper,” Mr. Conner said, “But we’ve found the living arrangements quite to our liking. Quite.” ” ‘We’ ?” “A grand tour, Plum, and then I’ll introduce…
5 floors of extraordinary ~ musty and dusty
“Welcome, visitor! Just what is your name?” “Plum. Artemis Plum.” “Welcome, Plum. Call me Mr. Conner. I’m sure you’ll like it here, as you are highly…
5 floors of extraordinary ~ the arrival
The building was tall, with a row of windows on each floor and a large amount of space in between. Fingers of ivy picked at the blue-gray boards, exposing a…
5 Floors of Extraordinary ~ The Beast
With a mixture of awe and despair playing xylophone on the back of my ribcage, I stared up at the pile of dishes. They started at the sink with chafing dishes…
Morning at the Boardwalk
She stares across the lake but not at it; considers pathless, uncharted infinity. Her cup sweats in the humid morning air, drops falling unnoticed to the…
Action Movie Cliches
A suitibly contradictory bar sits in the dusty street of what could be any developing nation. This one is named Tiny’s, because the owner is quite large. It…
The Meeting
The crowd flows through main street, no weapon visible, everyone looking the part of the innocent bystander. No weapon detected there so far, either. Unlike…
The Prank Club
The boy with the thick, black, rimmed glasses entered the auditorium of the school at exactly 4:00 p.m. His friend, Fred, waited outside the door, just in case…
Still Gaze
The room was sparsely furnished. Only a bed, a dresser, and a rocking chair. The rocking chair held no blankets or half-worn clothes. It still looked new. The…
The Beginning
Why he started was a mystery. He was curious. He didn’t have a grand plan; no big intention. He was just curious. And bored. A deadly combination. Walking for…
Banai Bazaar
The ancient Chinese woman handed me my bagel and with it a policy for home and contents insurance for a home I no longer lived in and contents I no longer…
Bennington Sky
The sky never got black in Bennington; after sunset it darkened from cyan... cerulean... a gorgeous indigo reminiscent of her mother’s favorite scarf. As the…