Category Archives: Flash
Don’t Get Me Anything
“Getting to be near that time again.” “And?” “Don’t get me anything–” “I wasn’t going to.” “–because it just makes it awkward when– “Seriously, wasn’t gonna.” “–you have something for me and I don’t–wait, what?” “We went over this last … Continue reading
What It Is About Christmas
“Dunno what it is about Christmas,” she said, looking down at her empty hands. Chipped nails fiddle with the fraying edges of her cheap fingerless gloves. “Sometimes I duck into the churches that stay open overnight. Around this time of … Continue reading
Flashback
“Fuck Christmas.” “You’re like this every year.” “I maintain: Fuck Christmas.” “You love the lights.” “They stop working every year. I have to take them all apart and try again.” “You love the holiday dinners.” “Just gimme Chinese.” “You love … Continue reading
Shooting Star
The sunrise was blue. She couldn’t get over the slick sheen of it, rippling across the void like water, curling purple at the edges, flickering silver. Heartbeat in her ears, and her breath kept fogging up the poly-carbonate in front … Continue reading
Visions of Leni
I believed him, when he said he wouldn’t just kill her. I believed him, when he said he’d make it worse than that. For all the lies I’d caught him in, for all the betrayals, this wasn’t something I was … Continue reading