“The dessert is very good,” Frank takes a last bite of Sharon’s red velvet cake. “Would you like another piece?” Sharon reaches for Frank’s empty plate. “I would, but I need to stop with one,” Frank places his hand over his plate. Sharon sits back in her seat at the […]
Sharon sits quietly in her living room, no TV, no CD, or anything. She is listening carefully for his car to pull up in her driveway. She hasn’t been this nervous waiting on a date to come pick her up since Chuck Vickers, a senior came to take her, a […]
She stands modestly and hopefully appropriately dressed in a new peach colored dress. It’s been thirteen years since Sharon has been face-to-face with Frank Richards. She, now has second thoughts, but it is too late to walk away. She rang the doorbell on this lovely, modest home. She can hear […]
She startles the preacher at first when he enters the sanctuary this morning. He didn’t expect anyone to be there at nine A.M. on a Tuesday. But there she is. The sunlight filtering through the stained glass windows softly color her blonde and grey hair. She is probably middle-aged or […]
It was nearly one year ago today. I can count the days I’ve left this empty lifeless house on one hand. I’ve tried to move on. I’ve accepted every invitation from friends to eat out. Three is the total. They happened the first week. They were all from three different […]
“What do you plan to do with that little .22 pop gun?” the black bearded man in the tuxedo asks as he takes a step closer to Sunni De La Croix. “Take another step closer and you’ll find out.” Sunni aims her small .22 caliber pistol at his heart. “You’d […]
On this damp. dark rainy morning this morning before my gorgeous bride awakes, I open up the Bible app on my phone. I’m sitting in a fairly darkened living room with only one light from the kitchen easing its way through the adjoining dining room to faintly grace the opposite […]
“What do you have for me, today, Saul?” Joseph greets the ambitious Saul. Joseph has been listening to a man speaking in the temple. This Galilean has had the interest of many including the Pharisees, of which group Joseph and Saul are members. At times, the Galilean has been at […]
Something woke me and tempted me to open my eyes. I knew better. “Don’t open them, ” my thoughts warned me. This awakens my brain which takes complete control, now. I can feel the warmth of this demon’s breath against my face. She is so close. “Ignore her. Keep your […]
