Recent Edit: 2019.03.23 The man wearing business-formal attire exited the train last and looked around, his black briefcase swinging heavily in his hand. He wondered if he had been followed to Third Street’s train station. He hoped not. He waited impatiently until the station had cleared of people walking up to the streets before he […]
Draft 2019.03.28 What upset Alice the most was her realization that it mattered in all the ways that it should not have mattered. The realization also marked the moment she simultaneously understood herself to be in love. It consumed her the more she reminded herself that this was “normal” – that love was as rationally […]
Michelle wondered if she was the only one that noticed the piano notes that drifted through the low-lit bar. At least, she thought it was a piano. The notes were well-played, but the buzzing chatter of inebriated patrons threatened to drown it. She stirred her cocktail slowly, wondering if she should have chosen a different […]
Draft 2019.05.23, Recent edit: 2019.05.27 “Bravo. Bravo. I have always wanted to hear your concerts for myself, but never found the time or had the chance.” Brandon’s ears picked up the footsteps as they approached him. They were heralded by the slow, methodical clapping of their owner. Underneath it all, he could detect the hint of […]
Draft 2019.06.07 The golden glow of the Tree of Life illuminated what was most definitely not Paradise — just the Garden. On the desk next to Ellie lay a single, blank white card, set far away from the bottle of champagne. She had long since stopped glancing at it, for her guest would arrive when […]
When God, in His omniscient and unquestionable wisdom, decided to add a Post-Modern Testament to His Holy Book, chaos erupted amongst even the most devout of His believers. For you see, an earlier Commandment had been changed. God’s Post-Modern Testament demonstrated a change of mind just like the Lord had done in the past. God, […]
We were seven and eight, and though the world still seemed big then, it couldn’t compare with your presence in my life. How young I was, how foolish. How naively courageous. To think that I could dictate to someone older than me, “So whenever we learn something, we’ll teach it to each other, that way […]
Stanley startled awake in an unfamiliar place, entire body on edge. As his eyes adjusted and he took stock of his surroundings, he realized he was standing in the middle of a room with a solitary light hovering from some unimaginably high ceiling. Was he standing? Why was he standing? How had he been standing in […]
What is the difference between a moment in time and a picture? Nothing. The snow is no longer falling – it simply exists there, stuck in midair, deprived of its destination eternally. The tree boughs forever heavily laden with collected snow, doomed to never grow new leaves. Though the scene is black and white, it […]
Inspired from this sculpture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_(sculpture) “Say, Winter, what’s the secret to happiness?” She didn’t turn around, but I could see from the way her shawl moved that her head turned. The flames in the fireplace crackled in protest at the cold strength of her gaze. “Winter!” I chided. “I’m sorry,” she apologized, turning back to […]
Monadic Storytelling 