Tag Archives: real world
Summoning the Clockwork Spider
That smoke, the smoke that had been steeping his lungs and tainting his blood just moments before, drifted to her left. She turned her head to avoid it but a crisp tendril directly from the Lucky Strike seared her nostrils anyway. As much as she would have preferred to call him father, she was glad he was her lover.
By Unremarkable Coincidence
Being third to the cul-de-sac at first I determined Steffan was just a bit of a dick and Mark too desperate for a friend to care all that much.
Get in the Car
Billy and his car had been inoculated against that withering disease sweeping level-land in the hot few weeks following High School graduation. He could get her out of here.
We Need a Balloon
~'We,'~ Lavendar flitted a circle that included Lemon and Mint, ~'can get home just fine on our own.'~ Then he made a gesture which included me and said, ~'We. Need a balloon.'~
In Less Than a Day’s Time
Four boys glow on the porch of the mountain cabin. The morning sun tints them in orange. Their denimed legs create infinite shadows down the rippling floorboards. The dew-soaked, bark-stripped, rough-hewed, corner-post Ponderosa steams from the warmth. The west side of the cabin and the unkempt meadow grasses shiver in the [...]
A Hump of Green Crabgrass