Author Archives: Douglas

A Rare Ending

Coll would be home for a week or more by now. The jumping, crying, and bellowing of her return already dulled to just a heartfelt squeeze in the kitchen or extended kiss before the day's work dipping tapers.
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Something Characteristic

Narkkid put two fingers in her mouth and whistled. The girl stopped abruptedly and turned. Narkkid waggled the [something characteristic] cylinder in her hand. Even at the distance she was Narkkid could see her lips tighten into a pissed sneer.
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Outright Embarrassed

Some seemed lost in their own thoughts other seemed to avoid eye contact so that the narrator didn't call them out individually to walk them in front of a car or to name them.
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