Stories Poems Essays

“It was no different than any other day for me. ‘Active shooter… Shelter in place…’ was all I could process…”

“Gram finds a lounge chair in the shade, does her usual magic trick and recedes into the background…”

“She stares blankly until Elvis Presley’s silky baritone moves through my iPhone. ‘Wise men say,’ he croons…”

“I’ve never seen a feather on the eggs in our fridge. I can’t tell dad this though. It will break his heart…”

“A beautiful, hauntingly pale woman surrounded by eerie blue tones wears a crimson necklace…”

“What I wanted was a big warm tub and a baby that just slipped right out like a little seal…”

“I call him Orion because under the blackest of skies he lies like a gentle beacon, embodying the spirit of a warrior…”