Month January 2021

Don’t Take Their Stuff

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

Ernie scanned the room for what seemed like the millionth time. He was struggling to remember…anything. Lucidity came and went and he was looking for clues to fill in the ever growing gaps in his memory. But he didn’t see…

Danny and Bets

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

He took her hand, “I’m sorry you feel that way. I would have hoped you’d understand.” “What’s to understand? We’ve been together since, well since we shouldn’t have been together.” She was crying a little now, “But I know, I…

Running In Geneva

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

It’s pitch black out and the steady rain insures that it’s not going to get light anytime soon. It’s 5am on a winter morning in Geneva and I’m going out for a run in the rain without really knowing where…

The Fear Inside

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

Crap. It had to be mathematics. She leaned over to Rosie and said “damnit, I can’t do this.” Rosie reached over and patted her arm “you can do this, I mean you did fine on the Trig test.” She looked…

I Heard You Were Back

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

I have no idea what happened to her. She was beautiful, and if there is any doubt, I lost a friend over her. The older guys at the Texaco station where I worked thought I was out of my depth.…

A Trip Around The Sun

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

It’s artificial you know. Time I mean. The ancients used the movements in the heavens and the conditions they observed on earth to define it. Over millennia it has become marginally more scientific. We know why the seasons change, why…

Break-up Time Machine Prompt

Man writing at a desk. Fire burning in the background.

He took her hand, “I’m sorry you feel that way. I would have hoped you’d understand.” “What’s to understand? We’ve been together since, well since we shouldn’t have been together.” She was crying a little now, “But I know, I…

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