She gazed out the window blankly, her eyes vacantly staring at a distant past. Placing her right palm against her furrowed forehead, she began to recall the sad memories of so long ago. Remembering her aching back, strained from the weight of a protruding belly, her eyes squinted as though she could still feel the …
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From Darkness to Light
I often wondered how it might be. Those last few moments of life. The light they say, or at least some have said, glows faintly at the end of a tunnel. As you travel through the tunnel the light becomes brighter until finally you pass on into your next level of existence. You die. I …
Surprise Me
I never should have had that last drink. I shouldn’t have had the first nine either. But I did. Unfortunately I tend to stagger to the left when I’m looped, so when I left the bar it was to the left I staggered. To the right might have been better. There was a plasma donation …
Desperate Run
Sweat flooded from my forehead. My legs ached from hours of slogging through the knee-deep mucky swamp. My camouflage shirt was torn ragged on both sleeves. I was exhausted. My two foot machete was now dull from endless strikes against ferns and branches and brush. My arms burned from the relentless swinging of the long …
Shot in the Dark
The concrete windowless hallway was damp to the touch, cold and foreboding. Detective Jenkins’ soft soled wingtips splashed through an inch of stagnant slime as he made his way into the chilly underground air. He wore a grey pinstriped suit, white shirt and paisley tie that could not have been more out of place here, …
The Cap
The child had been missing now for almost three days. Searchers had combed the sandy shoreline, the steep root-covered cliffs, and the thick foliage along the ridge line overlooking the ocean from above. All to no avail. Because of the stiff sea breeze’s constant flow ever-changing sand made it impossible for the dogs to find …