Monthly Archives: October 2012

Word Count:  260 She woke up in another strange room, in a strange bed with a stranger. She was only sixteen. This wasn’t going so great after all. She took the cash off the dresser she’d insisted he pay up … Continue reading →

Word Count:  420 It was silly, of course. She couldn’t leave the top four clapboards unpainted simply because she was afraid to go up two more rungs. So she talked herself up the ladder and…froze. Paint can and brush in … Continue reading →

Word Count:  415 I’ve read about this, how your heart beats so loud and so fast it feels like it’ll burst out your neck. How the world can hear it because it bangs inside on the drums of your ears. … Continue reading →