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Tomorrow's the Day the Demons Die
Don't you ever feel like today is so bad you cannot see tomorrow. Tomorrow could fix everything. Tomorrow could be the day your demons die.
Oct 31, 20224 min read


Liliana's Marriage: Cecca Climbs a Wall
Liliana stood on her balcony overlooking her father's vineyard. She hummed an old country song as she raked the brush through her hair....
Oct 3, 20224 min read


43:2 | Part One
My feet turned toward the ocean, knowing I would have to pass through though my mind screamed in defiance. The wind whipped my hair...
Jul 25, 20223 min read


A Precious Commodity | Happy Easter!
A Man walked through gleaming halls, bare feet leaving bloody footprints in His wake. Creatures with wings and glow flew around Him,...
Apr 17, 20224 min read


And To Think She Could Have Missed This All
Mary’s daughter squealed and ran around the living room, laughing hysterically. Her mother chased after her, wielding a onesie and...
Jan 23, 20225 min read


The Final Chapter
So, this year, I wrote a book. It was a pretty long book; it took a while to write. My character, she had some ups and downs. It was a...
Jan 2, 20225 min read


To Beat Again
Deep breath. Then step into my box of home, a place of trial and triumph; emotion and peace; confusion and clarity. I roll wood in my...
Dec 19, 20213 min read


The Fowl Folk
“I caw-call this meeting of the F.F into order,” the large-chested rooster said from the front of the coop. “Updates of the Day: The...
Dec 19, 20213 min read


Patriotism of the People
Life stops and bursts into flames, carnage, injury, never the same. Despair turns to anger, anger to passion, determination. Guns are...
Dec 7, 20211 min read


Family at Thanksgiving
From the outside looking in, it may seem that I do not have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. My grandpa died after three years...
Nov 25, 20212 min read


Home
Lounging on couches stuffed to breaking point, sipping on chocolate milk and freezing our teeth with stone cold ice cream. Throwing our...
Oct 16, 20211 min read


& It Is Beautiful
As night descended & the heavens transformed, her gaze never left the firmament. Magenta & violet captured the sky, pushing on white &...
Oct 3, 20212 min read


i hear you
i hear your plane. i hear the plane's engine as it screams toward two towers, men with blood staining their hands and clouding their eyes...
Sep 11, 20212 min read


Times of Grief
Fingers gripped my skin, and I pressed my lips together, look away. Accusations clipped my ear, first at men and then at God. Tears rim...
Sep 5, 20213 min read


Depicting Death
I once depicted death as a creature black as tar. Its body was ever-shifting, ever-changing. My creature had too many limbs and too many...
Aug 19, 20211 min read


Elmore High's Great War
The boy liked making tiny origami weapons-- swords, spears, axes-- and leaving them on his desk for the next class to find. John had...
Aug 15, 20213 min read


A Tory Chip
Chip was too clever for her own good. It was as if she had to think up a new way to defy me than her mother. But now she has gone too far.
Aug 7, 20212 min read


Not Again
Conner stared at Sam, a million thoughts racing under his sun-burnt scalp. Did Sam realize how dangerous that was? And moreover, stupid?
Jul 24, 20212 min read


Spatter the Nightly Sky
Bystanders stay silent,
eyes stare widened
and breath stays unexhaled.
Hands clutch chests and palms
and bodies are pulled into Old Glory.
Jul 4, 20211 min read


My Honey, My Moon
It was the middle of the when we drove down the highway. I strained to see through the icy fog, heater up and sweatshirt on. I glanced...
Jun 26, 20212 min read
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