The Notes
“Sit down over here” Michael’s mother instructed him as they walked along the balcony of Symphony Hall. His grandmother had bought him and his parents tickets to the symphony in an effort to help him to become more ‘cultured’. He…
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The Little Boy
A little boy sits on the plush carpet of the warm house, playing with his plastic dinosaurs, one T-Rex battles a brontosaur and of course, the T-Rex wins. A pterodactyl swoops in and attacks the T-Rex, dropping a rock on…
Jack and Elaine – Lost
Every year the county fair fell around Elaine’s birthday making it the perfect birthday gift. Her friend Jack and his family would be joining Elaine and her parents this year. She would finally be able to share the collection of…
Jack & Elaine – The Bracelet
A newspaper slapped the door and landed on the porch with the normal thud. Elaine turned her bike around and headed down the driveway in the cool early morning toward the next house. Thud—the next newspaper landed squarely where she threw it. She…
The Desk
(Originally written for NPR’s Three Minute Fiction) Jared remembered the trip with his fifth grade class from Philadelphia to Washington D.C. His mother had told him about it two weeks prior, and he began marking off the days leading up…
Final Moments – Step Back
Michael lay with his head on the soft, down pillow as he watched his wife’s chest. The rhythmic rise and fall of her bosom under the old, cotton nightgown. This ancient familiar warmth had given him the strength to start…
The Homeless Angel
The cold, rainy day penetrated deeply into the body and soul of all Bostonians who endured it. Like so many others, the man walked, umbrella in hand through the courthouse plaza. His Aldo shoes traipsed through the small puddles that…
Beyond the Existence
One cold and bitter day, as the skies choked with clouds high above in a blanket so thick barely light could penetrate it, a small Neusahofu emerged from its shiny rainbow chrysalis. A tiny sliver of light broke through the…
A Thirst Quenched
The thirst, the endless, desiccated thirstThe pain of the heart, arid and unquenched, not beatingVoid of that camaraderie that it requiresThe loneliness that fills the void is like air within a canyonIt is space filled but without substanceThe depth of…
The Oath – A New President
The young man in a dark suit, wearing an earpiece stepped forward. “Senator Reddington, we’re ready for you.” Jared Reddington hugged both his boys and his wife then proceeded around the corner and down the steps of the U.S. Capitol,…
