The cabin smelled of ghosts. Hints of long unremembered lives, shuttered and preserved in a blanket of dust. With some difficulty, she broke the window panes free of their habitual bonds and raised them, letting sunlight and a gentle breeze sweep into the front room. In the kitchen, she found… Continue reading
Original image by Christian Senger on Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) 1,437 days. That is three years, eleven months and seven days, including one leap day. That is also 124,156,800 seconds. Despite being miserable at math, Saul knew this because he had 1,437 days to work it out. There was little… Continue reading
Here’s another short piece that was written based on a picture prompt on io9, posted to my Facebook page a few months ago. If you aren’t one of a select few, then this will be new to you. “Yes, I love that piece as well.” Marionne said, striding up beside… Continue reading
It was late morning on a Wednesday, as I was working on my latest piece in our upstairs bedroom-turned-studio, when I heard the creak from the hallway. It was a slight metallic creak, like the spring in a mattress. I must admit I thought very little of it at first until… Continue reading
The Blue Girl peered through the circular window she found in the old black tree’s trunk and watched in astonishment as the small black-robed woman toiled around a lab. It was a most peculiar sight to find in that part of the woods that was nothing more than a horrible… Continue reading
Barbara sat restlessly at her desk and clicked the button to refresh her e-mail’s inbox. Still nothing new. No word from Dr. Heinz about why he was late or if he even planned on coming in. She popped a bubble with her gum and then smacked the piece between her… Continue reading