Today Flanagan, the boy from Andromeda, celebrates his eleventh year on planet Earth. Parents step into gooey puddles on the front lawn as Flanagan waves his new blaster in the air. “Who else wants to play laser tag?”
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50 Words Story Collaboration: Jerome
She had a long day at work and couldn’t wait to go home and just look into Jerome’s eyes. She smiled, entering the apartment. “Honey, I’m home!” She walked over to a cupboard and took out a jar. She stared into it, and Jerome’s eyeballs, suspended in formaldehyde, stared back. Three Days Earlier Continue reading “50 Words Story Collaboration: Jerome”
An Incident on Bernard Boulevard
Traversing Bernard Boulevard at night, she longed to escape her loneliness. An effulgence of light illuminated from the sky and lifted her off the pavement. She smiled, her arms outstretched. Rubbing their hands together gleefully, the six-eyed aliens from a far off galaxy, awaited the arrival of their newest female specimen. And then she arrived.Continue reading “An Incident on Bernard Boulevard”
Grime Street: Filthy Crime
Wade Hackette lets the rain fall inside his black convertible as he lights a smoke. Lightning ignites a purple spider web above the rusted city, illuminating hollow towers of cement. Wade exhales a gray specter while raindrops fall off the edge of a brown brimmed hat. He parks the black convertible next to Jade Dragon—aContinue reading “Grime Street: Filthy Crime”
Forever Hers
Story By Poet Rummager Her name was Cara, and she loved boys. Barely seventeen years old, she had already suffered the twinges of an abandoned heart. Her father left home when she was seven, and no other man could fill his shoes. There was a photo of him on the night stand; a crumpled reminderContinue reading “Forever Hers”