Originally published in Suspense Magazine, December 2013. It was still relativity early on Friday night, but one look outside, and one would have thought it was deep into the middle of the night. That’s how our receptionist felt, like she was all alone in the dead of night about to close an office that no…
Month: March 2018
I Made You (First Draft)
“Youve been made,” was all the text said. No punctuation marks, no name, no context – just three simple words: you’ve, been, made. “Youve been made” Made – like a mark. Or when you know the con. It seemed impossible though. In an age of catfishing, stolen identities, and celebrity presidents everything seems like a…
I’m crazy, but I know it… so, relax
Fire burned in her chest. How could one person be so incredibly fucking stupid, selfish, and invilidic all at the same time? Especially when the moronic cupcake was your mother. Caitlin had always felt that she and her mother were akin fire and ice. They both had their benefits and their drawbacks. Her mother was…
Gregor McGillicutty Stays Inside
Gregor McGillicutty was at a loss. He just didn’t know what to do with himself. The weather was horrible and he wasn’t able to proceed with his usual routine. Usually there was nothing that could hold him back from his daily activities, but today there was. This upset Gregor deeply. In trying to make the…