Gabe’s first muddled thought was that a pair of cats must be fighting outside his window again. There had been a stray lurking in the hedgerow earlier that year, before the seasons had changed, and it had occasionally split the night with the sort of lunatic howls that had sent him and Adam bolting for … Continue reading
It was cold that night when Jamie Lynn walked home at one AM. Her pretty little mouth quivered, hiding chattering teeth behind those ruby red lips. Every time she took a breath, it looked like she was smoking; not a cigarette, but one of those elegant, expensive, Cuban cigars, the kind rolled by hand. She … Continue reading
They shot me when I was sixty four and I died two days later at 65. The bullet stuck somewhere near my spine and might not or have killed me in time. But patience aint one of they’ virtues. It was the nurse that did it. I didn’t see it happen ‘cause I was asleep; … Continue reading
When I was around 11 years old, my older brother was living in the basement. He joined the military and left, so in turn, I moved all my stuff into the basement and took his room. The first night I slept down there I was fine. The 2nd however, not so fine. I turned off … Continue reading
Princess was a good kitty. But, she was old, very old – 19 to be exact. She had a good life living with her companions. But, her kidneys were failing and she felt the end of her life draw near. All day she waited for her companions to come home – barely hanging on to … Continue reading
In the early 1980’s, my sister received a gift of a doll from our native Ukraine from an aunt when she came to visit. She was 10 and of course occupied the bigger of the 2 kid’s rooms in our small Georgian style house in Chicago. I was 8 and pretty annoying as a little … Continue reading
I believe that when you die, you have three options… 1) Roll the dice, go to the afterlife. Most likely, you’re getting into Heaven. If you’ve killed someone without regret, be sure that a trip to Hell is in the cards.2) Roll again with reincarnation. Maybe you’ll be a human again. Maybe you’ll be a … Continue reading
It happened back when I was in elementary school. I was around eight years old. My family lived in the same house my mother had lived in her entire life. My grandfather had sold the house to my parents when they had gotten married. We lived on 10 acres of land, and there were plenty … Continue reading
“It’s just a floater,” the doc said. “Well,” I said, “it’s annoying.” And it was. I could see it then, that bumpy shadow bobbing in the vision of my left eye. It looked like a tiny translucent thread connecting two dark dots. Or a clipped piece of opaque intestine drifting across my eyeball. Doctor Tom … Continue reading