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A Picture's Worth
"You need to leave. Now."
He was pissed. I'm sure my laughing at what he said didn't help.
"Excuse me?" I asked. "I need to leave? This is my house, you son of a bitch!" I wasn't any happier about the situation than he was.
He actually had the go…
Posted 9 years ago -
Life As You Know It
Sleep... eludes me.
I am not the master of my own time.
Events occur around me, unbidden, unwilled. Control is an illusion.
Do not believe, children. Do not believe what your elders taught you. You exist only as an instrument of entropy, your will is not…
Posted 4 years ago -
A Leaf in the Storm
The energy-opaque bubble triggered to protect us from the primary plasma and secondary thermobaric shockwaves from the orbital strike, the same hazards raising the projected casualty rate in the concourse to around ninety-five percent.
I reached into th…
Posted 10 years ago -
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Posted 8 years ago -
On Anxiety
The thing about it is that it's unpredictable. Some days you feel good, and some days you don't. Some days you feel like cooking a three course meal and staying up all night baking cookies. Other days it's all you can do to survive the work day. You c…
Posted 9 years ago -
Fall Promises (Poem)
You want love and presents and sweets
Swords of imagination
and Me to appreciate your deeds
All these I can do if you just come with me
My sky-castle is proof against the pain
with warm hugs and stair slides when it rains
fire-warmed chocolate, and the b…
Posted 9 years ago -
The Camp
Ada stood on the surface of the moon and stared back at her home planet. Perimeter drones circled overhead, filling the air with the constant hum of their engines.
Over a year had passed since the relocations began. No signs were forthcoming that they …
Posted 9 years ago -
Processing
"What?"
"Look, how can I make it any clearer? You died and we had to save you another way."
"Oh no. No, no, this isn't what I -"
A hazardous internal state has been detected and the image has been shut down to prevent further damage.
I sighed and to…
Posted 9 years ago -
Sick Day
Tea with honey and lemon
A steaming bowl of chicken noodle soup
A cough as I choke down some cold syrup
A warm blanket with an equally warm cat atop it
The remote's within reach
An excuse to be lazy and watch tv
You know, being sick is kind of nice
Besi…
Posted 9 years ago -
Pinned Down
Everything was wrong. I didn't want to be Thomas Tinsley. He looked like a dope. It took effort not to snatch the driver's license back and toss the whole wallet into the woods.
Into the woods.
That thought brought images, feelings, and sounds. Leaves, …
Posted 7 years ago -
Inane Ramblings
The boys from the backstreets walk together, moving in one direction - in sync, living lives in the west.
The girls shop for spices and bangles, supreme in the knowledge that they are the children of destiny.
Over at the pet shop, a kitten explodes atom…
Posted 9 years ago -
Poking Around
Chains, heavy ones from the sound of it, rattled in the basement, undercut by heavy snuffling. I didn't want to go down there but it was the one place we hadn't checked. My imagination conjured horrible beasts and wicked demons in that awful place.
Behin…
Posted 9 years ago -
The Freedom of Responsibility
Each person of sound mind is fully responsible for their actions at all times. What then defines a sound mind? Is it the--
A gentle knock of metal on metal broke my concentration. Charles stood on the other side of the bars, telescoping baton in hand.
…
Posted 9 years ago -
Legend of Tory Adore 6: A Line Drawn in the Sand
Tory drew a line in the sand that covered the table. What a filthy restaurant. Don't go.
"It's like this, Connie," she began. And then she continued. "Like this." she went on, adding nothing to the sentence that had gone before. "Just listen to this," she…
Posted 11 years ago -
Surprised
I found myself momentarily unable to move. This was not a sensation I had experienced before, and it startled me in a way that I am still unable to fully articulate.
My faculties rebooted. Clarity, Zeiss-ground crystalline, instantaneously regained. Secon…
Posted 9 years ago -
My Friend Drew
The snapchat photos flew past. My friend Drew transformed from adorable young man to fierce woman one snap at a time. He posed with several dresses. I was thankful he didn't do the duckface.
How easy is it to transform yourself? In a matter of hours he w…
Posted 10 years ago -
From "Gospel of Gold" part 1
ROBERT. He was hardly a scoundrel, as you seem to suppose,
But a man of distinction and charm.
From his pale, curving lips to his aquiline nose,
All his features made pulses run warm.
In his elegant home, in his opulent clothing,
He had sumptuous taste a…
Posted 7 years ago -
Hunter in the Hallway
I awoke to soft light in the hallway outside my room. Soft greenness pulsed faintly about chest high, far below where the hallway light was mounted. The ebb and flow of it's intensity gave it a kind of bobbing motion.
There was no sign of the sun outside…
Posted 7 years ago -
For Want of Rain
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Posted 9 years ago -
Under the Broken Sky
Klaxons. Klaxons everywhere. Truly this was it.
The building convulsed. It wasn't supposed to be like this. We were supposed to fight back, to win against all odds. Where was the indomitable human spirit now? Running for their lives. Nothing had prepared…
Posted 7 years ago -
Elements of Us All (1)
Who, What, Where, When & How.
We ask these all the time,
But do YOU know?
Do you, truly?
If you do, turn around...
But if you don’t,
Let me help you think.
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Have you ever wanted to float?
Well let me tell you rhythm will tell you what to do.
Stay …
Posted 5 years ago -
Moving In
My new apartment felt like it was part of my old neighborhood. The details differed, of course. A Mexi-mart instead of a 7-11 on the corner. Out front, Carson Street stretched out instead of Fallon Street. But sometimes new streets shared the same faces, …
Posted 9 years ago -
Endure
You come home and find me sitting here
And ask how my day is going
Acting as though I have open ears
And nothing better to be knowing
Than all about you
And all that you do
I'm the one who nags about your mess
Even though you never listen
I give more, y…
Posted 10 years ago -
Gunfire: The Lock
I made no reply, although I allowed a vague smile to suffuse my features. A few images made their way through my thoughts in stutters of memory.
A fellow Four Peaks recruit, her golden hair flowing over an immaculate dress uniform - our courtship ended …
Posted 10 years ago -
Hraz'Elarion: Grey
"A stinkin' Drow!" Moira growled in a tone steeped with racial resentment, "Ye brought a black elf into this place of sanctuary!"
"Calm yourself, Moira" Selura urged, "You can not hold this child responsible for the deeds of his kin. Besides, I think t…
Posted 10 years ago