Time Comes and Time Goes
Henry froze, his face going stoically solid. Time ground nearly to a halt. Martin just huffed and returned his gaze to the darkness before them. “It doesn’t…
Center of the Universe
My hair, ruffled by the wind. My feet, dangling over the roof. I can see the highway from here, and all the cars moving endlessly towards unknown destinations…
Choice.
Ariel’s parents had stepped into the hall to speak with the man in the suit but she could still snatch bits of speech through the door. Words like ‘special’…
Gone Unseen (Ramblings, Part 4)
A year passed from then, but it felt like ten entwined in this limerence. I can see that I’d rather not love nomadically, so why not settle on this? I was…
The Departure
I move to sit on the sofa. I collapse into its worn embrace, my arrival and landing celebrated with a burst of festive dust. No cough comes; my lungs are too…
Bad Timing
It’s been here My friends and family have this idea that all of a sudden, I became filled and teeming with these emotions Adolescence wakes you up. It really…
Time, Timing, and Belches
Goddamn Murphy’s Law, alcohol corollary! The occupant of the room mused on the oddities of chance for a moment. He considered indulging in the low grade…
The de Vrise cylinder
He addressed the small gathering. “The 1902 recording, Gentlemen. Recovered from de Vrise’s original cylinder by optical means. ” “If only Hardaker had lived…
(6) Confined Sunshine
Who goes in the shadows? You there. Are you there? where black hole’s freeze the rolling waves and warm breeze of time’s coastline? Tied-tight-n-outta-sight in…
Music Box
Your grandmother has dragged you to many yard sales, but this one takes the cake. The yard is huge and full of old stuff for sale. You wander amongst the junk…
March 9
I’m Ted McNamara and this is the six o’clock news. A car bomb went off downtown today, killing fifteen and wounding seven. The bomb was packed in a station…
Ouroboros
In the instant there was nothing. A void could not even begin to describe it. What is darkness when there is no light with which to understand it? This…
tick
They say time will heal all wounds but what if it doesn’t stop hurting, ever? Go on, demand, scream, shout beg, grovel for your refund The myraid of augmented…
Realization
Time has never stayed close to me Lest it be caught in my mania. Moments flit with impish glee, And I am none the wiser of their passing. Five minutes or one…
A Steel Swiss Watch: Of Frank Sinatra
Bainbridge strutted down the alley, a devilish smile creasing his worn face. It was a face that life had marred and twisted into a mask of hate and disgust…
Running the Meeting
Reginald sat down with an exasperate huff. The board room was silent, aside from someone sending a text or a tweet under the table. The little tics were…
A Silver Swiss Watch: Precious Metals
Teller peered into the room through the skinny, vertical window in the door. Ross was calm, but Teller could see that he was getting confused. And nervous. Bad…
"That'll be 3 minutes and 45 seconds, please"
Luxury of time – It will spoil the palettes of Impoverished tongues.
A Golden Swiss Watch: An Unravelling
Mr. Fermi led Kyle Ross into a dim room. Fermi pointed to a lone chair and Ross slowly sat in it. “Mr. Ross, Ms. Bloom is in the ICU. Before we admit you…
A Steel Swiss Watch: Bainbridge and Bloom
Priscilla Bloom’s eyes fluttered open. She looked up into Mr. Bainbridge’s flinty gray eyes in surprise. “What the hell are you doing here?” Bainbridge smiled…