A glimpse into the chaos.
Conundrum “The personality test portion of your evaluation, uh, well, it displayed an error.” The man—Dixon Powell, Head of Actuarial Employment for the Gorman Group, a company that prided itself on integrating technology with empathy—stood over her, his wavy dark … Continue Reading
The trim around the outside of the house faded first. It hadn’t been that bad, really. Everything blended together from the sun so the siding and the trim melded into a bland, mushy, oatmeal beige. The edges of the trim … Continue Reading
I want to play with him, pounce on him to surprise him, but I can’t find him. I search for him everywhere, checking every room, upstairs and downstairs, but I don’t know where he is. The woman makes deep groaning … Continue Reading
It sounded like a hammer repeatedly hitting metal. Clang! Clang! Sprinklers, pipes of some sort, or large nails, perhaps? The sound echoed through the cul-de-sac, masking the exact direction and identification of the source. After checking the peephole in the … Continue Reading
I woke up to see the bedroom door opening. It was hazy, entering back from the dream world. The room lit up dimly from the hall nightlight reflecting off the paint, then got darker again as the door was pushed … Continue Reading
“Where’s my sweater?” Cal rummaged through his dresser drawers, pulling sweatshirts, shirts and jeans out, and then haphazardly stuffing them back in again. “The green one.” “What?” Ronda asked from the kitchen. “The sweater I wore to Aiden and Fiona’s … Continue Reading
Smiling Tree Frog It was a large, pineapple-sized tree frog. Impossible, but beautiful! He was silky smooth, symmetrical, perfectly shaped, and not quite, but almost a bright royal blue, with white spots around his eyes and a couple thin white … Continue Reading
Falling Up I’ve been here before. The scent of metal and dust is unmistakable. I walk toward the familiar stairs that lead up and around the building, the ones I know will curve down again to the main floor in … Continue Reading
Inhaling loudly, she took a step toward the blinds on the sliding glass door. They were slanted, like she always kept them during the day now, so as long as she stood to the right, she could peek out and … Continue Reading
“I’m thinking coffee,” he said. “Downtown someplace, not somewhere generic.” It wasn’t exactly a question, but he seemed to be waiting for an answer. She watched him cross his arms in front of himself, his frayed, black sweatshirt scrunching and … Continue Reading