Portents? There were no portents. The thing came in its time with no foretelling. Death and winter had been the dismal tests of my character. My Libby died on New Year’s Day. I wanted to, but didn’t. When Spring rolled …

Finally my appetite was back, I’d gained weight, and was able to sleep again. My last novel was almost the end of me. I realized I could no longer write as the consequences were too great. I looked back on …

Dec 1, 2011 Two nights in a row now I’ve had the same dream. I wake up around 4 and there’s this boy in my room, beside my bed. He’s asking me to go play with him. But his/its eyes …

A long winding stretch of black asphalt weaves in and out of view through dense shrubbery. Amber leaves glided gently across route 25, faintly reflecting the last rays of the setting sun. Breaking into the sounds of nature, a rusty …

Amid the stormy night, 3-Toad Diner’s blue neon sign glowed as a beacon, attempting to safely guide some lone, desperate ship ashore. I was that ship, Evan Fletcher–was being the operative word. You’ll probably discover that I’m dead now, after …

Friends forever!! You may have heard and read it many times, so have I. I have many friends but few are very close. When I was in LKG, I had a friend who lived in front of my house. We …

It was too unusual for this road to be lonesome, even at the darkest hour of this long night. Walking down, my breaths making sound louder than my steps, I was still thinking what brought me here. Where all the …