I do have work in progress. I feel like I have a lot. Today, I edited seven short stories down to some reasonable length. They are about: a couple that has lost three babies the corpse flower that blooms every twelve years a poor kid who decides to stream the revolution a brand new creation […]
3:30 AM
I would like to start by saying that I am not drunk. I actually went to sleep, and woke up at 2 am. Now it’s 3:30 AM. Nothing is bugging me. Nothing is stressing me. I have a great life. Great family, a job that is demanding but also important. Great friends. I have money, […]
Promise (Ending)
Promise Pt. I Promise Pt. II Promise Pt. III The quarry is full of kids. The bush party is loud with music. A girl sits at the edge of the water and looks at the waves in the darkness. The water vibrates with the music. She has a beer in hand, and hates it. But […]
Promise Pt. III
Promise Pt. I Promise Pt. II Marlow only leaves her locker unlocked for a moment, as she goes for a drink. But when she comes back, her CD player is gone. She looks up and down the hall, and there at the end of it is Andy, walking away. School is grey. That’s the colour […]
Promise Pt. II
Promise Pt. I “But you can’t hurt them, that’s the rule,” says Emma. There are trees behind the school, just past the fence, a forest with some walking paths and one hilly bit where people have made a bike park. Andy is breathing. It’s nice being around girls. There’s five boys total. Seven girls. Andy’s […]
Promise Pt. I
Marlow spreads her legs under the desk. Her denim skirt keeps her knees from parting too much. I could just run outside, she thinks. Down the hallway, out the doors, away from the school. I don’t have to come back. This morning, she smoked her first cigarette. It’s her last, too. As the teacher talks […]
Down Bubble: Ending
Down Bubble: Part I Down Bubble: Parts II & III Down Bubble: Parts IV & V “Ready navigation!” I yell. The men of the bridge are silent, watching the rocking of the boat. “What is happening out there?” cries Alain. “Man the torpedo bay,” I tell him. “Flood all remaining tubes!” “What are we shooting […]
Down Bubble: Parts IV & V of VII
Down Bubble Part I Down Bubble Part II & III Anton finishes the strapping on my suit. He fiddles with my helmet. “You disagree with this?” I ask him. He asks me to bend over, short as he is, to inspect the latching on my suit. “If I am to die, better to have the […]
Down Bubble: Parts II & III of VII
Something hits the hull with a clang and bounces off. Silence. A second object hits us, and for a moment I think we are saved, but then it explodes. The submarine lurches. No sooner has the noise receded than does a third and a fourth charge blow near us. The metal of the submarine groans, […]
Down Bubble: Part I of VII
“Fire!” I bark. The bridge tenses, and the vessel shakes as the torpedo slips into the water. “Did you string the line yourself? Did you?” I demand of my Second, Alain. “Yes, Captain!” I put my hand on a pipe and close my eyes. The torpedo is running fast, but my mind turns to the […]