The disease had sharpened my senses –not destroyed –not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily –how calmly I can tell you the whole story.-Edgar […]
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Rub the Lamp, Part 1
I shook my head from side to side, while sitting with my eyes closed. Pressing my lips together, rolling the decision over in my mind, I pondered. I pondered the melody of the song that was playing about as much as the words Billie sang this evening. But, oh, how I loved the mischief in her […]
The Winter Chill – Part 1
“You don’t like zombie movies? Sheeittt! I love zombie movies!” His eyes widened as he spoke. “I’m not one of these bandwagon zombie lovers either. Been watching these shits ever since Romero dropped ‘Dawn of the Dead.’ And I even went back to watch the original ‘Night of the Living Dead’ that kicked this whole […]
A Flower in the Desert
Awakening to another day, the Sun beginning its climb high into the heavens with prayers for deliverance. Fortunate to be alive and still more fortunate to have love in these times. Glancing over to watch her sleep, fully clothed and carrying all of her earthly possessions, I was amazed to see how peaceful sleep was still […]
The Winter Chill – Part 3
Socrates slowly opened his eyes, while lying in the middle of the wreckage. It was difficult to see anything in the dim light. But he could hear something moving. Shhh. Shhh! Something was with him and moving about the wreckage of the train car. He strained his eyes, darting them back and forth, always a few seconds […]
The Winter Chill – Part 2
Twin silhouettes of geese against a grey sky. Mushrooming umbrellas beneath. Jazz monuments with limp shoulders. Hung heads dressed in black coat and black tie. The bass guitar tripped over the horizon, With the cymbals and drums playing double-time to catch up to the horns. Early morning ushered in the daylight. The amplitude of the […]
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