Familyiar
There was something about the walk. That determined yet effortless gait. The purposeful pace. The figure was still too far off to know for sure, and the tracksuit was something his dad would never normally wear, but Swan’s heart bungee-jumped down into the pit of his stomach all the same. It stayed there dangling as […]
Grim
“Okay, what’s your problem?” said Sonya, coming to a dead stop on the sidewalk and wheeling around.A tall guy in a black trench coat, five paces behind her, pointed at his chest, looked over his shoulder and then back again. The universal “Who me?”“Don’t come the innocent,” she said. “I clocked you ages ago, been […]
No Excuses Now
Andrew reached across the workbench and took the axe down from where it hung on the pegboard. He peeled the protective sleeve off its head and regarded the blade, took in how the light glinted on the steel.This would make a great story.Except…He had nowhere to write. He didn’t have a place to call his […]
The End
Jesus.They were coming back.Hadn’t they had enough?Didn’t they get tired?I was exhausted, physically and mentally. The last few weeks had left me spent. And yet here they were back to wring the last of my reserves.Their feral eyes glinted in the orange evening light reflected in the fresh puddles. I’d hoped, prayed, the afternoon rain […]