Month: February 2023

More and Less I wish I could tell you that I’d do so many things over again. I made so many mistakes. I wish I’d looked less at my phone and more at your favorite book with you. I wish I’d been more calm and introspective and less knee-jerk and…

Bookstore There are whispers everywhere, in every genre’s section. The cookbook’s section is well-lit; gleaming baking pans and shiny whisks catch the track lighting and beckon to you. The colorful spines of the books lift your spirits; impel you to believe that, Yes! You can make a silky, sexy risotto…

No Dream Tonight Subject: 23-90345K Gender: Female Physical: Red Emotional: Red Mental: Red Subject engaged in moderate alcohol consumption earlier in evening, social setting. Other participants: female. Emotional levels at this time: Orange to Green. Healthy. Upon being dropped off at home later in evening, subject engaged in argument with…

Goodbye, Writers, 2053 I have only minutes to pen these words before I’m hustled onto a spacecraft that will transport me to a “lunar retirement colony” and the written word will cease to be here on Earth. Apologies…the human written word, I mean. And I am supposed to be grateful…

Monster The moon, full and chalk-white, hangs low on the horizon. It is still early. Her cloak ripples slightly in the breezes from the sea, and she shivers. The water will be cold now and she hopes the four layers she has on will be enough. Although, she whispers to…