Collection of Shorts

Tantalizing

Tantalizing. He liked that word. It was a word that spoke of shivers down your spine, of the hairs rising on your arm, of setting your nerves to tingling in anticipation, and satisfaction, and deep seated pleasure. It was not a word he used often, or cavalierly. He had to truly feel it. But lately,…

Rambing

– maybe PG – There’s a pounding in my head that worsens with every movement. But I can’t stop moving. The thumping drives coherent thought into the recesses, leaving dull instinct to shuffle me around the room. Grab my pants. Grab my shirt. Can’t find my socks. Fine. It’s the dark side of winter outside…

Uninterrupted Brown Dirt

A summer breeze swept through the landscape, rustling the maples, stirring up smells of cut grass and a slightly fishy odor from the nearby river. Olivia took her usual path: between apartment buildings, following the sidewalk through the park, up the hill along what used to be an old apple orchard, but was now a…