It’s almost impossible for me to figure out the first book I ever really got lost in. Too long ago. I was a book-worm from a very very young age. I remember a teacher telling my mother I could read…
“It is not the last drop that empties the water-clock, but all that which previously has flowed out…” – Seneca . Neither here Neither there Neither anywhere . I wonder what they thought When they found him . Not quite…
He was born into the light, Chris-Crafts and girls in white swim suits. That’s where he met her. In the light But she belonged in the dark, and she carried her own light like a creature from the deep. She…
Sister Agnes looked around “Reverend Mother are you sure this is a good idea? It’s…I mean…it’s…” Mother Natalie looked at the younger sister “gross and disgusting. Is that what you are trying to say Sister Agnes?” “Yes Mother, I was.…
“Hi. We just landed.” “We? Who else is with you. You told me you were traveling alone.” Sighs. “Just a figure of speech honey. I’m with a whole planeload of people.” “Like the last time? Are you sure Heather isn’t…
It was windy and rainy but he had somewhere to go. It never even occurred to him that he might want to put it off. The weather was awful, he didn’t have a car and so weather was something he…
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…
You’ve not eaten all day and you’re at the point where the hunger hurts, but there is no desperation…yet. After all, you’ve some options to find a meal, though admittedly they are narrowing as the evening comes on. The damned…