glimpses shared by our authors
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As my friends snuck their way into the bars of brooklyn, I sat in my kitchen painting. The vibration of a text made me jolt, there was never a warning ... read more -
retorted. At that point a nurse came in. "Excuse me, ma'am," she said, "Since you haven't your health card on you, is there an emergency number we can call to ... read more -
"Thanks," she mumbled at me while I passed her the steaming tea I had in my hands. I pressed a clammy hand to her forehead for enough time to take ... read more -
Today my friend noticed my dog "acts just like a person". I asked him how he would act had he been raised by wolves. "Oh, pretty wild. I would eat ... read more -
so i woke up one night laying on a red shag rug in the desert, alone in a 27' trailer with both doors kicked in, 300 miles away from a ... read more -
Today is the Fourth of July, and a dull, sullen day it is here in the northwest USA. It is much cooler and cloudier than usual, and people are quieter ... read more -
I've never been more scared. This train is about 85 feet long, screaming by at 50 miles an hour through the heart of read more -
"Marshmallows" "Marshmallows?" "Yep, Marshmallows, whats wrong with that?" "Nothing...." Frank is big, I mean BIG, and with Franks bigness came scariness, Frank was Big ... AND Scary... Imagine a movie, ... read more -
She blinks. She waits. She bites her lip and shifts her feet. "I need to go." she says, but she doesn't explain why. She never was any good at being ... read more -
People are strange. They're scary. They're unpredictable. Quite often they're dangerous. People make me think of music. You might think you know where a song is headed but then without ... read more