Travel light, but take everything with you.
I look at the glistening gold clock hung onto the station wall. Time is ticking. So slowly I feel that time has froze...
This note. This one note. This small little ticket of joy, was my way out of here. Out of this dump. Where flies cons...
"Travel light, but take everything with you," he said, his sky eyes looking off into the distance, "you never know wh...
Malcolm's coo became a cry.
Malcolm's coo became a cry. The big hands came, to sweep him up, into the dark, cradled, into the big arms. And his c...
Malcolm's coo became a cry. The child peeked into the cardboard box, vexation clearly etched etched upon his face. "...
Malcolm's coo became a cry. It had been hours since we had locked ourselves out of the house but it made no differen...
Absent.
Absent. The perfect word to describe the situation. Paul and Maria Strickland sat at their kitchen table eating brea...
The episodes were getting more frequent. I'd forget where I was. Friends looking at me strangely as I carried on conv...
He was absent. Again. The kid would only show up on test days - on which he performed well enough. But that wasn't th...
While me and my friend were packing, I thought of what we will do during the holiday we have away from school or stre...
I was scared. I could see another perspective of myself. Did I want this to happen, no, but did it happen for a reaso...
I lay there, floating. On the outside, at least. On the inside, I walked quietly down a dark hallway towards a bright...
Giving in wasn't an option.
I am looking out the window of my tiny house in Michigan and watching the snow pile up on the road. I won't be going ...
Giving in wasn't an option. The first time Ted died he didn't really notice, being in a full on berserk. One of his i...
Giving in wasn't an option, but there was little else she could do. "Ok, ok," she told the young galant with the sh...
Lost, without a hand to hold.
My father had died.I was lost without any one to hold my hand.I was left alone. With no family.My hand just banged ag...
It was such a long time ago. Such a very long time ago. Yet for some reason she had still believed she would know t...
When I lost my mother in the store, I was only three years old. I can't remember what happened but I still wake up in...
Down six steps and under the fire escape. Don't knock on the door, follow the hall to the end. Go through the curt...
He had her in his sights. The moment he saw her, he zeroed in on his prey. Her grace, her beauty... she stood apart f...
Holographic women are all the rage. Easier than humans to be around. No talking back or gorging on chocolates to ruin...
Swing.
My mind was moving faster than my body. I wanted to play in the swing so bad but my feet weren't moving fast enough. ...
I let out a heavy sigh as I stepped over the cobwebs, allowing myself to have a moment of preparation. The swing rock...
she couldn't do it. her moist, clammy hands clung to the wooden pole with vicious might as she drew in intermittent, ...
As Thomas was smoking in an alleyway, he heard a scream. He walked out of the alleyway slowly, being observant of his...
The old trash can on Drake and Washington avenue was the witness to the biggest mistake of George's life. Sadly, he t...
I waited on the corner of Drake Street and Something. I shielded my eyes from the bright gray to see the paintings on...
She slept in the open air, in the windy hills, on a soft pillow. She was covered in the blankets of her mother's mot...
Finally, we came to rest. The day's work had been long but fruitful. We had made double the monies we would have on...
My eyes were tired; I rolled over in my bed, and stared briefly at the moon. I turned back to face my fan; the 90-de...