Category: Stories

So, the car had been sitting there for months, man. Wasps had already made it their home –right above the front tires. I had let it sit there on purpose, because I was under some delusion that I was on my way back to the States to make it big. I did have a plane… Continue reading The Tow Truck

Out with the babe today again, boy was she in a bad mood this morning, even after our little stroll and breakfast. I wonder what upsets her. We’re out shopping at the same old place, I quickly and luckily find a white Hello Kitty swivel chair and sit down to read my latest Bukowski acquisition.… Continue reading Cinnamon Smoke

Some fourteen years ago I used to walk down this road carrying my school and sports bags, determined and driven to reach my physical and athletic potential. I had arrived late in the semester because I was out on some wild adventure in Montana, where I saw no mountains, just a barren, cold landscape. Barren,… Continue reading Old Mr. P

Why am I going to ask you this if I already know what you’re going to say? I think to myself. I’ll ask you anyway. “How about we quit our jobs, get married and start a business together?” I hope you say yes, so my spirit becomes high. We once set upon a wild crazy… Continue reading Why I ask you things

I was driving down the Misty Mountains as the sun was coming down. I got a glimpse of an unusually beautiful sunset. A dark cloud filled sky with red hues. My head felt altered, like I was impaired about to be sucked through another dimension. Truly, things looked different. I was on my way to… Continue reading We Are the Childless Generation

“What do you want to know?” he said. “I want to know why you haven’t come visit me in my dreams every night like you were supposed to. It’s been eleven long and difficult years and you’ve only made a handful of visits upon me during that time. What gives? Death didn’t free you from… Continue reading Another Sad Story