• Not Her Fault

  • Mean-Spirited

    “She had always been mean-spirited, but I had never wanted this to happen to her.  I wanted her to have a long life.” I looked away from Todd as I realized I hadn’t included the important word – happy.  Brooke had always been a bully.  Had always loved to throw me under the bus if…

  • Memory

    I felt a panic attack rise in my chest as I realized I didn’t remember.  Didn’t remember anything but the last twenty-four hours of my life. I had gone to sleep the night before, just like always, but when I woke up, I didn’t even know my own name.  Or where I was.  I looked…

  • Limerick!

  • Short story zine

  • The Museum

    PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox  I knew immediately Scott had made the glass sculpture.  He had tried to change his style, but wasn’t completely successful.  Why he was making new art at all was beyond me.  He was supposed to be hiding, not projecting to the world he was still alive.  The only thing I…

  • The Window

    PHOTO PROMPT © Mr. Binks  I knew I was in the wrong town when I saw the roasting chickens behind the glass.  I had never once tasted chicken or any meat come to think of it, so the daily reminder of what I could and could not do was terrifying.  I should have done more…

  • Zen

    No matter how much time I tried to sit still and meditate, I could never get my mind to stop running away from me.  In the few short minutes I managed to meditate in the last week or so, I came out of it feeling much better than I had in months.  If only I…

  • Limerick Zine

  • His First Assistant

    “His first assistant was a nightmare,” Laurie gossiped.  This was the only reason I was able and willing to sit at the desk next to her.  I needed to know everything about the company because I needed to duplicate the entire company.  Right down to the color of the carpet.  And I needed to do…