Sin
She was becoming. She was no longer Cyndy and never would be again. What, or who, she was becoming, she wasn’t sure. But she was changing. Even as she walked through the woods, cheap sneakers crunching...
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Lee was at the bar taking the last swallows of his inheritance when they found him. He hadn’t been hiding. In fact, he’d been waiting. The day before, they had called him from work and suggested he...
View ArticleThree Apples – Part 1
They sat around the table not saying anything. They didn’t know what to say. Patsy had set a generous table. Mostly American home-cooked fare, but that was what she knew how to make. And surely the...
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RED 2 years later. Steve and Drew sat side by side on the old couch. Though the crocheted throw was as ugly as it had always been, he wanted it. Drew simply wanted to cry in the room that had once been...
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GREEN One year later The knock at the door was a surprise. All the kids came and went without knocking and most of their friends did the same. Drew didn’t think anyone had knocked on Patsy’s door in...
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YELLOW Four years later Steve slumped onto the couch, the same one that Patsy had left them. Though Drew thought of the things as left behind by Lydia, Steve had always considered them bequeathed by...
View ArticleI’m Not Buying It
I’m good with advertising. I get that the whole point is to make whatever you are selling the smoothest, or hottest, or bestest thing out there. Go for it! Make me want to buy. But, before you get...
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