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Maria and Lupe
What a productive day thus far... I've searched the internet for hours, posted comments to journal after journal and done just about anything else I could to avoid real work. About every hour or so I'll drop back over and spend about five minutes of moving text around, throwing up a picture or what not …
short story but a long post
I have often lamented how I have trouble enjoying the short stories I read. I keep trying them though. Before my trip to Montana I picked up a book called Lit Riffs. A great idea...take a favorite song and then write a short story in the way that particular song inspires you. Such a great …
she thought she saw him
She though she saw him today...well, it could have just as easily been him sitting in the chair in front of the coffee shop with a cigarette dangling unattended from long fingers. And, a leg casually crossed over where the ankle rested on the opposite knee. It was the green shirt, too loose tan cords …
If a girl cries alone in her room with no one to hear it, does she make a sound?
I gotta get out of this place. in the isolation, the empty hallways, the deserted rooms. the knock that never comes. the door that never opens. the porch light that has burned cold. betrayed by the subtle signs of life. lifeless mattress on the ground. sheets a tangled mess. pillows piled. footprints in the rug. …
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