There was the acid reflux and allergic reaction to casein. A cartilage-deficient left knee and pinched muscles in the small of her back. Karen Rainey was a wreck. But a sacrifice had to be made. Bills don't much care if one's body has t...
Roll with that proposal. Don't over think it. Let the message sink in. The worry, the handwringing, the sleepless nights are all just roadblocks to avoid what's right. A roundabout with no way out. Hover above the chaos and concentrate ...
Holding out for something a grade or two above middling. Now those are aspirations to keep you up at night! How can you be sure opportunity did not come knocking when you were flat on your back counting logs and sawing sheep? My point ...
A star is worth less than it once was, but each night the sky is studded with more and more. It's become difficult to spot the constellations with all that sparkle and shine. No one would blame the heavens if a few sputtering sparks wer...
Charles did the best he could to wipe away the smeared edges of memories that would not dovetail. There were gaps and odd thoughts and dangling threads in the history Charles put down on paper every night, but he had to finish his story...
Gary's lineman-sized body, which he didn't do a whole hell of a lot to keep in shape, would not fit through the window for very long. His goal was folding in on itself, and the moment Gary'd carved out of leftover dreams, and good old-f...
The noise, like howling rotor blades, increased as the sun set. Off-hours were intended for nursing pints and pulling words out of the dictionary to make them behave alongside one another. On this night, though, all plans would be put o...
Annabelle and Charlotte let drop many vital threads which led to their true identity. For all outward appearances, they were identical. For those who kept watch over disturbances in quiet country villages, they personified the end of ti...
Marion is a cracked and fractured gem of a girl. Her world is solid vapor. Her vision clear as night. The three stars that follow her feed her prompts and circumstance. Take a chance. A chance encounter. An ice cold world where the meas...
I like the idea of many, many fingers flying over keyboards, typing 4,000 word daily reminders of why the practice matters. There is reassurance to be had when the neighbor says, "I stay up all night because of this damned story in my h...
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