“I’m not doing the job,” she said over her shoulder. The cord of her headphones snagged on her notebook as she turned the page and the corner. “Here is my phone number, it’s for the new address. Please send it out tomorrow.” She pressed end on her call; the open space of her bedroom waiting…
Month: June 2023
Strike of a Match
The small thin orangy line moved. Its little legs barely visible, just shadows dancing across the stained taupe cushion. Vermin, of an unknown origin. She wasn’t an entomologist, but statistically they shouldn’t be parasitic. She would have bet they were. It should have been more alarming. Especially when its friends joined the parade. One became…
As the Storm Breaks
Already surpassing the gray skies and trembling leaves outside; pain pulled back the skin between her eyes. Tension was settling in, taking second in command to rage; the two mixed like the rain and the wind. At some point the scales would tip, but for right now, the storm outside would have to catch up. …
Waves Crash Over Me
The tiredness pulled her body down like the battery of a cell phone whose owner was trying to shoot out one more post before it died. The nimble fingers of gravity tugged at her shoulders. The bones of her neck slid back, settling out of alignment void of their responsibility to hold her head up….