(Published on The Writers Club) A delicate strokeof an old nude paintingrests between her lipswith a kiss wakes hernot in the glimmer of affection.Her phone is breaking… Read more “Running from Love”
Tasting Autumn’s Hips
(Posted to The Writers Club) A cliche death grip rips my shirtin the back seat of a car,theft of a heart isn’t a crimein her mind,with an… Read more “Tasting Autumn’s Hips”
Rebound Fail
(Posted to The Writers Club) Writhing on your knees, wasting space on memories, searching for him in me someone I can’t be on an autumn afternoon through… Read more “Rebound Fail”
My Weakness
(Posted on The Writers Club) My strength escaped when our eyes locked;not knowing the combination to peel away,I swallowed hard and gave a nervous smile.I used to… Read more “My Weakness”
Lovely Relapse
(Published on The Writers Club) If nothing matters,why do you meaneverything to me?I’ve been cleanof love for the betterpart of my life,but with you, I get high;I’m… Read more “Lovely Relapse”
Life in Love
(Published on The Writer’s Club) I naively embraced our memories in technicolor.I should have listened to my friends.I blinked the red flags to the trash bin full… Read more “Life in Love”
A Lonely Place to Sleep
(Posted on The Writers Club) She’s tossing and turning in sheets in a home we own;the silence drags violence along defensive wallsframed with insecurity.The portrait we paint… Read more “A Lonely Place to Sleep”
Nightfall Truce (Published on Spillwords Press!)
As the night draws to a conclusion,this war between us explodes withlandmines, tripping overwires of insecurity,cutting through the tensionof our invention.After consuming red wine,distraught tears flow througha… Read more “Nightfall Truce (Published on Spillwords Press!)”
Happiness is Seeing You
(Published on Spillwords) In a bar, I sat over vodka. I’d pick up women through lonely eyes, promising long conversations and drinks for which I’d pay. It… Read more “Happiness is Seeing You”
The Unemployed Catch
I sat over a cigarette and a local newspaper at the kitchen table. I was going over the classifieds. I shifted my notepad and glasses and reached… Read more “The Unemployed Catch”
Sinning in Jeans
I sat in the library over cold coffee and opened books, going over notes for a twelfth-grade biology quiz. I wanted to prove to Mom that I… Read more “Sinning in Jeans”
Righteous Murder
The Rainer Cemetery ash trees had shed their leaves, crunching golden-brown beneath the feet of the funeral attendees. The brisk September breeze hung over Leah’s father’s closed,… Read more “Righteous Murder”
Evicted on Christmas
A forecasted snow-bearing Christmas was three days away. The sun was climbing out of the deep well of winter, but it was still brutally cold. The living… Read more “Evicted on Christmas”
Autumn Gazebo
Guys like me don’t usually do things like this, but I’ve been up since three o’clock, sitting here in the dark, waiting for the brisk October sun… Read more “Autumn Gazebo”
A Robbery On Christmas
It’s Christmas time again. Jodie, who lost her teaching job after budget cuts, is on a mission to buy her kids’ gifts by any means necessary. So… Read more “A Robbery On Christmas “
Who Killed Hannah?
I so have to figure out who killed, no, who murdered Hannah and why, Francis thought, staring eye-level into a half-empty wineglass as though it were her… Read more “Who Killed Hannah?”
Buried Alive
Shannon hated her mother. I didn’t care for the woman either, but I had no reason to see her dead, at least not at first. But Shannon,… Read more “Buried Alive”
Mindy’s Secret
Mindy’s father hated me, especially when he found out we were more than friends. I couldn’t help that I fell in love with his daughter, and she… Read more “Mindy’s Secret”
The Uber Date
Where is she? I glanced at my watch. She should be here by now. I folded my arms across my chest. It’s too cold to be waiting for… Read more “The Uber Date”
Sarah’s Choice: I’m Not Good Enough
I’d been with Sarah for five years, and she was getting anxious, anxious for me to pop the question or move on with her life. And rightly… Read more “Sarah’s Choice: I’m Not Good Enough”
The Weekend Affair
Dan is going through a mid-life crisis, wondering what happened to his relationship with his wife (Tara), and how she hardly notices him anymore. After Tara found… Read more “The Weekend Affair”
Love at a Cemetery
It was the bone-chilling Northwest winter of 1994 when I stood with my shaky hands folded before Granddad’s grave. I stared at his name with a million… Read more “Love at a Cemetery”
The Dating App
My editor liked this short story. Ben and Angie had been friends since they can remember. They told each other everything. Ben would marry Angie, but there’s… Read more “The Dating App”
Caught in the Act
It was the bone-chilling Seattle winter of 1994 when “Breakdown” by Mariah Carey played on Mary’s radio. Outside was a winter wonderland with five inches of snow… Read more “Caught in the Act”
The Angelic Cheater
As I closed the door behind me, the scent of her naked body and cologne, someone else’s cologne, didn’t escape my attention. I raked my fingers through… Read more “The Angelic Cheater”
The Stalker
It was the winter of 1995, and Christmas was three weeks away. I was out with a couple of friends at Mojo’s sports bar. We’d meet… Read more “The Stalker”
Sammy
Becca’s eyes were cold and lifeless as she stared at me. We stood in a crowded hallway, but our eyes locked and all I heard was the… Read more “Sammy”
Dead Body
Anna and Becca, on a road trip through West Virginia, stop for gas, meeting a stereotypical country, hillbilly, who saw too much. Anna physically threatens the clerk… Read more “Dead Body”
Wine From A Dusty Box
Hannah, an arrogant, beautiful high school student, wants to spend the night with Ben (her boyfriend). Ben is an insecure classmate. She lives on the wealthy side… Read more “Wine From A Dusty Box”
I’m Gay, Dad: Anything For Jessica
Mark lives a sheltered life. As the son of a pastor, kids make assumptions about how he can’t watch movies or listen to music. What his friends… Read more “I’m Gay, Dad: Anything For Jessica”
October Fling
A crush spooked mein early Octoberstabbed my tired red eyeswith her sun-kissed skinas I vowed to hide from love,abandoning three words numbto sleep under my tongue,mapping endless… Read more “October Fling”
Shy October Love
We’d spent an autumn nightin her grandfather’s barn;muttering sweet nothingslike lovers under covers.Nerves washed through my stomachmy mouth twitched, holding backthe words I couldn’t bear to speak,not… Read more “Shy October Love”
Running from an Angel
Running from an angel,who corners my tracksby checking my texts.She inhales my aura as thoughmy corpse had decayed days ago.I scaled barricades and inchedunder electric fencesonly to… Read more “Running from an Angel”
Belated Engagement
Esoteric expressionsslip through her red lips,stripping wrist’s stitches,bruising downcast scars,opening decisive nervesto her cracked spine,shattered with the desiresof the flesh, broken inside.The city my tongue burnedwith a… Read more “Belated Engagement”
Eyes Tell No Lies
Her eyes captured the essenceof an eyesorethe color, oval in shape,I can’t decidethrough the lens of my mind’s eye,bleach hidesunwritten memories by a treewe’d promised tomeet.I shivered… Read more “Eyes Tell No Lies”
Autumn Happens
What happens this autumn is beyond us.I gaze through the smudged window;an engagement party is underway.The music is loud enough that I tap myfoot to the beat.The… Read more “Autumn Happens”
Rooftop Love
A heart cracks its clayto the dismay of her oceanblue eyes that focused onsweet goodbyes.Swimming in tearsand wind-chapped eyes,rising tides unleashed destructionto the surrounding homes.Halted breath with… Read more “Rooftop Love”
Tripping over Hawthorn Trees
An inaudible whisperlost track of her train of thought,tumbling over excuses,sipping rum on an autumn evening;her name kindled my walls;guarded to save me from me.Sleep won’t let… Read more “Tripping over Hawthorn Trees”
Confess You’ll Hurt Me
In a booth, she shuddered with sobsgiving the priest a confessionthrough a labored, snotty,voice of cracked words,smoldering with a euphoric high,believing her hitman pulled offthe hit.A Catholic… Read more “Confess You’ll Hurt Me”
Frozen in Autumn
An insult escapes her quivering lips,spreading my heartlike a surfer falling beneath a frozen lake;she suffocates the passionfrom my lungs.She’d been walking on thin ice with me.No… Read more “Frozen in Autumn”
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