Who’s Sad?

*NOTE: There is some mild language.*

“Let’s play a game,” she says.
I give her that look. The look like she’s either a sick bitch or a moron.
“Not that kind of game, you perv.” She yawns and itches her arm. “I was thinking of a game my gramps used to play with us kids.”
“Sounds genius.”
She does that [...]

Ceramic Hearts

It shines resplendent in the soft glow of the Christmas lights. Delicate filigrees traced in gold brushstrokes sweep across the creamy ceramic surface.
“You stole my heart a long time ago,” he whispers in my ear. “I want you to have this forever, to remind you.”
I turn the heart-shaped globe over in my shaking hands. Twenty [...]

Kell-Bell’s Regrets

Kelly wished for more. More time, more life, more. There was too much done that had to be undone, but she was out of time.
She reached for the list. Her former volleyball team was halfway down. With a frail hand, she used a pencil to etch them away. One less care. Dozens to go. Back [...]

The Dead Curmudgeon

What the hell? How dare they use my money for that!
It had been six months since they buried his coffin on the moon. Kathy knew he opposed to makingt contact. The Space Elevator was transport, not a friggin’ antenna…
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“The George M. Gates Trust is proud to announce a go-date for Earth’s first transmission to the [...]

Pencil Shavings

At the age of eleven, Samantha built the first tree house in her neighborhood. For weeks before the Big Project, piles of drawings she optimistically called “blueprints” accumulated on the family’s coffee table. Pencil shavings dropped into slightly less attractive clumps on the carpet. At the end of that marathon summer, though, her tree [...]

The Fourth Hurdle

Recycled tired under toes, knees, hands. Metal blocks looking down a highway of obstacles. Eyes forward, straining for the end of the road.
A voice causes slight movement. Runners poised to start. Muscles tensed, ready. Over the first hurdle before the loud pop echoes away.
There are no flashes, cheers, or shouts. It is only rubber, metal, [...]

Cubs, School, Homework, Kids…

I hope to post more stories tomorrow. This has been an exceptionally busy week, and I haven’t been able to keep up with the daily stories.
What could keep me from writing? Homework–I’m in a class for a web design certification course. School–my daughter started this week. Kids–my daughter is very young, and her baby brother [...]

Hero’s Heart, Part 3

Kevin caught up to Mindy at home. For all his super speed, her magic was faster. He found her in her basement retreat. She worked over a table of esoteric items, gathering this and that to mix with the other.
“Sorry I couldn’t wait,” she said when he arrived. “I don’t have much time before this [...]

Hero’s Heart, Part 2

All the known Artifacts were held in a series of warded catacombs. Among their other duties, the Lords and Ladies of magical society were charged with guarding Artifacts from unscrupulous magicians.
Captain Awe and Sorceress Min arrived in the Scottish Highlands to request access to the Globe, an Artifact passed down through several hundred generations of [...]

Hero’s Heart, Part 1

“You can come after me, or you can save a few citizens of your beloved Metro City,” The Mage crowed. “What’s your pleasure, hero?”
The Mage had stranded more than twenty people upside down on a roller coaster, where he’d set a magical acid drip to corrode the steel track. Captain Awe flew to [...]