Jenny grabbed but the rubber ball bounced off her hands. Jimmy laughed. She’d get it and him, then the boys would let her play again.…
Category: Fiction
When I broke the skin on the chocolate pudding, my mouth watered. A tiny taste sucked from the upside-down spoon set my heels kicking the…
Double-checking the directions, he measured carefully. Should he cover the pot? Damn, he missed her. He watched the water boil away, finally turning the burner…
Evonne moans into her wine. “I can’t make my rent this month. It’s so unfair.” She looks pointedly at the check then pulls the latest…
Miriam lay in a puddle of cold urine. The pain disappeared in numbness. A sound at the door roused her and she moaned. John knelt…
“Hey, that’s my soda.” She glared at her brother. He drained the glass. “Not anymore.” His nose would explode when her fist– No, better not.…
Miriam’s refrigerator was empty and the last nonperishables were gone. Calling her son got only that blasted answer machine. Again. “John, I’m out of food.…
“Sprite, iced tea, orange juice?” My sister enjoys being a bitch. “Allergies, remember?” Damn citrus. I never should’ve come. “What’s for dinner?” “Salmon in lemon.”…
Terror grabbed my lungs in its sweaty fist and squeezed. No stick curved like that thing in the sand. A bite from a venomous viper…
After Eudora spoke the last words triggering the colossal spell from inside the pass, waves of thunder rolled and echoed above the misty vale. The…