She knew the story so well she could actually quote most of it, but for some reason, this time, it sounded totally different to her. The students in the class were staring, looking at her oddly. Something wasn’t right. “Are you okay, Beth?” the teacher asked, starting to rise. Beth wanted to speak, she could […]

“Where were you last night?” Mary, scared and uncomfortable, ignored the question.  She looked at the mirror on the wall, wondering who was behind it.  She had never been in an interrogation room, but she had seen enough cop shows to know somebody was listening on the other side. “Where were you last night?” the detective asked […]

He always wondered what the initials ‘XAQI’ stood for that were tattooed on his father’s arm, and today he would find out. “Sampson, do you have the money?” Marco asked.   Alone, unarmed, and staring down a low life and his minion in a run down alley was not how Sampson wanted to spend his […]

The bank teller read the note the little girl handed him: ‘giv me all yur munee and no body gets hert.’ Henry read the note again and looked at the girl.  She wore a pink dress, two dark braids that hung down the sides of her head, a very innocent smile, and a backpack.  She […]

There are some stories that are never told and then there are the ones that are retold throughout the ages, this is one. “What do you know of the fire?” Malin asked, removing the stick out of the circled blaze.  He held it just close enough so his young grandson, Reto, could see the flame dance […]

Little Robert sadly looked on as the world he loved got smaller and smaller. “It’s okay, Mr. Pepper,” he said into the ear of his ragged, stuffed zebra.  His dad had given it to him on his first birthday.  “Mama says it’s going to be better at the new place.” Mr. Pepper gave a blank […]

Here’s the thing about lying: it works. And that’s the truth. At least that’s what I keep telling myself. “Mr. Senator, you have thirty more seconds,” the moderator says. Why do they make these podiums so small?  Where are those stupid notes? “Yes, of course I am for a repeal of the bill,” I begin. […]

It was the last thing in the world he’d consider, and the first thing he’d run away from, but he was in a strange place, starving, and no other option had presented itself. He stayed low to the ground, watching it.  His stomach growled with anticipation, yet his mind continued the compelling argument. You can’t […]