Solitude

Dead Inside

less than 1 minute read

Eunice sat on the edge of her daughter’s bed and stared out the window, the rustling of leaves muted by glass.

Random

less than 1 minute read

“Goddam it,” Rita O’Neill said as she let the curtains slide back into place.

Scrambled

7 minute read

“I hate to bother you, but I have something important to ask,” said the new waitress, setting down my plate of scrambled eggs.

Xanarax

less than 1 minute read

There once was an alien named Xanarax

Human Oddity

less than 1 minute read

I smelled the human long before I laid my seventeen eyes on him.

Poor Kid

less than 1 minute read

The Sheriff hauled Jimmy to the gallows to become acquainted with the hangman’s knot.

Late at Night

less than 1 minute read

I opened my eyes and could not see.

Festus

less than 1 minute read

You see, Sheriff.