Momma. She gave God permission to create the universe, then she ruled it from her living room throne. From there, she barked her orders with a voice that was known to make bats fall from the sky, and her son scurried to obey, lest the wrath of Momma fall upon him. He played in quiet. [...]
This town runs on free drinks Part 3 “Is this the man?” Sheriff Tolland asked as Jerry came around the front of the truck. “That’s him,” Jerry Fowler said, hitching up his pants, and stomping over to stand beside Tolland, removing his Deklab logo cap with the flying ear of corn on it from his [...]
Graduation is a milepost in Life Harry Snickler walked home. Everyday, he took the same route; it was important to him. His officemates made fun of him for it, sure. It was part of his personality. He didn’t mind. The tiny fragments of spite seemed to make it all worth it. It only served to [...]
Turn it off! Turn it off! “Why”, little Tim Trubeth cried, pulling on his mothers skirt. “Why.” She pulled her dress out of his tiny hands, and leaned down, smiling at him with her big mother eyes. “What is it now? Oh Tim, you’re so cute…” she pinched his cheeks and turned back to the [...]
Serialized True Terror Hugin and Munin Fly each day over the spacious earth. I fear for Hugin that he may not come back.Yet more anxious am I for Munin. -Old Norse runic verse “Since those days, I have steadily lost control over my memories; of late, however, I became convinced that with the aid of [...]
Community Theatre, Community Hell Jen thought that she had had enough of the whole acting world but once more she found herself somehow desiring to fall back into it. She hadn?t really given it much thought, but her current and fairly new boyfriend Peter had been intrigued by her tales of acting in high school, [...]
BattleBots! Kingdom Rex! Life is long. That’s what he said to me. Standing on the rain, the water blurred his features, melting them together into a blank nothingness composed of all the millions of fractured looks a human being is capable of attaining. “Hey, Crayola king, life is long.” he said, and then his features [...]
Small Town Suspense Grows! CHAPTER 2 Glenn Standoff pulled the utility truck over onto the easement, slamming the emergency brake hard against the floor. This is where the report had specified, and he’d spotted it right off. A huge tree-branch hung precariously suspended, endangering the telephone lines directly below. Luckily, he had got here first, [...]