Every kitchen should have a clock. Up on the wall, over the sink or maybe over the entry door. They give us the time of day but also they keep watch. I don’t like the crazy kind, cats with moving…
You couldn’t have asked for a more perfect family Christmas Eve. There was a way too big fire in the family room, the family fav Christmas movie was on TV and everyone, (including the girls) were sipping some hopped up egg…
Rick thought his presentation was right on the mark. So did every executive in the room save one: Daphne. He was warned about her, and sure enough she had continually interrupted him, diving into the most minute details. In short,…
She’d been going through the box that had come in the mail from his unit. It had taken several weeks and by this time she was numb to the idea that their only son, indeed their only child was gone.…
What must’ve he had thought, that snake? I mean, assuming a snake can have a thought. Had it not occurred to him that lying there soaking up the sun, in the middle of a busy urban trail, that he could…
The thruway service plaza was unusually empty, even for 2am on a Sunday. The thruway itself had been fairly busy, so it stood to reason that there would be a few cars here at least. The food court and store…
Randy was getting used to seeing her on the bus every morning. She’d get on at Belleaire Turnpike and get off at Westchester Blvd., which was the stop right before his. Sometimes he would see her on the return trip…
He still hadn’t gotten over losing Polly. The heart-wrenching loss was amplified by guilt. He had been driving her car when the drunk driver turned into them. It should have been him they buried. Every night after work was the…
“Oh no!” He wanted to kick himself. He had just taken some bags of ice and some charcoal briquettes out of the cart and loaded them into the back of his truck. He’d been careless though and the wind had…
“Shhh! It’s Davy, I can’t hear him. Hey! Shut up!” “Okay okay okay, Where are you?” “I dunno, I’m trying to find out where he is.” “Davy…you’re gonna have to speak up. The only thing I heard was ride and…