Jan 19, 2018 | Lies, Short Stories, Truth & Lies |
This morning is the morning I empty our Human Refuse bags and the trash bags and the bag from the bottom of the sleek metal hole where Janet puts her used feminine items. For this I get an extra sixty a month. Plus it’s always nice to get out of the cave. I knock on...
Jan 12, 2018 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
My mother never packed lunches for me to take to school when I was growing up. I’d sit and stare down at my knees while the other children ate their sandwiches, my stomach empty and rumbling. As soon as I’d get home in the afternoon, I filled my belly with...
Jan 6, 2018 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
My wife didn’t miss the refinements she had been accustomed to, and the day the shipment of furniture and household goods I had ordered to surprise her arrived at the door, all she said was how “lovely” it was. I myself had to figure out where...
Dec 20, 2017 | 50 words, Lies, My Lies, Truth & Lies |
Jackson gazes out of the window through clouds, and catches a glimpse of the magnificent Andes dashing past like so many spooked animals. The next fifty days will change her life, eating fellow passengers and melted snow. But for now and with no great ceremony, the...
Dec 9, 2017 | 50 words, Featured, Lies, My Lies, Truth & Lies |
Once upon a time a heroic washerwoman found a beautiful stableboy and their love soared to heights previously unknown to humankind. Throughout the centuries that followed, word of their perfect love exceeded imagination for what could be. And just as the couple...
Dec 2, 2017 | Lies, Truth & Lies |
“What was it for?” I said. “What did you do with the snake poop?” “There was a professor at Miami. In the biology department. A herpetologist. He agreed to take a look at it.” “And?” “He felt confident it was not...