And the Dog Spoke of Home
A rustle. A dog comes through the grass, looks at her. It has blue within blue eyes....
Have a Heart
Finding a parking space this time of year had been a miracle. Could there be another?...
A Mind of Their Own
“We didn’t build a million bloody robots to sit around and take tea! They’re supposed to be stopping bad things from happening.”...
Inside, Outside
The man yells, “Give me a reason not to!” and Miss Simmons starts to cry and says, “I can’t.”...
Don’t You Love Your Dentist?
She reaches under the desk, lifts a bottle with something small and dark inside. It moves....
She Dances While Forever Still
There are no more fulfilled wishes in my ruined town...
The Wheel Turns
General Sam Chen-Anhaeuser’s clenched fists were white at the knuckles....
A Choice to Love
“It’s not about right or wrong! It’s not about what’s allowed.”...
Flee
Even in the middle of the greatest danger, sie could not let an innocent being die....
When the Wounded Don’t Heal, the World Burns
“They refuse to hear us,” Saufin told him. “So we’ll make them.”...
Headlights, Headlights on the Road
Asphalt beneath his shoes, slick as blood, black as coal....