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    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”

    July 28, 2022August 6, 2022 by AC

    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!)”

    June 22, 2022July 12, 2022 by AC

    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”

    March 14, 2022July 12, 2022 by AC

    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”

    February 28, 2022February 28, 2022 by AC

    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”

    January 20, 2022July 12, 2022 by AC

    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”

    December 17, 2021January 8, 2022 by AC

    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”

    December 5, 2021January 8, 2022 by AC

    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 “

    December 1, 2021January 8, 2022 by AC

    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?”

    October 13, 2021January 9, 2022 by AC

    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”

    October 12, 2021January 8, 2022 by AC

    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”

    July 22, 2021January 9, 2022 by AC

    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”

    June 23, 2021January 11, 2022 by AC

    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”

    January 21, 2021January 11, 2022 by AC

    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”

    January 15, 2021January 11, 2022 by AC

    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”

    December 21, 2020January 13, 2022 by AC

    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”

    December 19, 2020January 14, 2022 by AC

    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”

    December 15, 2020January 11, 2022 by AC

    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”

    December 3, 2020January 9, 2022 by AC

    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”

    November 11, 2020January 9, 2022 by AC

    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”

    October 22, 2020January 14, 2022 by AC

    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”

    August 28, 2020January 14, 2022 by AC

    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”

    August 27, 2020January 14, 2022 by AC

    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”

    August 20, 2020January 15, 2022 by AC

    Lovers in Sheets

    The warmth of my touch escapes your bonesas you sit beside yourself, wondering what you’d tell someone elseif you knew someone else who relapsed on my kiss.… Read more “Lovers in Sheets”

    August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 by AC

    Life in Love

    I naively embraced our memories in technicolor.I should have listened to my friends.I blinked the red flags to the trash bin full of empty decisions.I’ll explore your… Read more “Life in Love”

    August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 by AC

    Fall Love

    My existence burns for Autumn,a girl I knew in college.Flames of anticipation weed my heart’s thorns.Autumn’s creeping around the cornerwith her lustful shadows that linger in the… Read more “Fall Love”

    August 17, 2022 by AC

    Dentist After Hours

    I’ve got no sweet tooth,but her lips of charismadrilled a cavity into my molar.She called me by my first name.Who does that?Talking to her happened only in… Read more “Dentist After Hours”

    August 16, 2022 by AC

    A Warrant for Love

    It’s not that I didn’t want you.It’s just that I knew, or thought I knew,you didn’t need me.But maybe that was the shallow meback before I caught… Read more “A Warrant for Love”

    August 16, 2022August 16, 2022 by AC

    Love is Death

    She blew a drag in my faceand ignited my lungs with a cough.We talked over dinner last night but nothing more.I tasted a chalky sedative.My weighted eyelids… Read more “Love is Death”

    August 15, 2022 by AC

    Happy Missing You

    I should have calledbefore I showed up,but I expected your jealousyto blink at me like bloodshot eyes,and to slam me into your wall of insecurity,but I crawled… Read more “Happy Missing You”

    August 14, 2022 by AC

    Dating is Hell

    The empty spacesbetween love and hatesend mixed signalsfrom a woman I’d messagedon a dating app.The story of my lifeis the anticipation of a lover’s embraceonly to later… Read more “Dating is Hell”

    August 13, 2022 by AC

    Take Your Jacket

    She scaled a second-story window to meet me behind the oak tree. We slipped into the car, and I drove while she rode me. We sped down… Read more “Take Your Jacket”

    August 12, 2022 by AC

    Scared of Love

    I threw my covers off and stumbled to my feet.Her nightmares invade my dreams.The blood-curdling shrieks hammer nails in my eardrums.I’ve turned the clock back to the… Read more “Scared of Love”

    August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 by AC

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