Van found his way back to the changing room along the grey tunnel lined with crates and cables that lay in stacks and bundles. He occasionally passed a uniformed navy-clad stage-hand scurrying this direction or that carrying some piece of equipment, but he barely noticed them. Presently, all of his faculties were concentrated in hisContinue reading “Change Room”
Category Archives: Short Fiction
My Night With Just That Girl
Ally was a pretty girl with a sexy body. It was her legs and butt that really did it for me and for most other men. Her face was soft and her cheekbones were nicely sculpted its true but there was a rural look to her, something just off the farm riding in the backContinue reading “My Night With Just That Girl”
The Man From Dartmouth
On a sidewalk in downtown Victoria, I set my drum aside for a break. I had been playing for hours. I inspected my hat upturned on the concrete a few feet in front of me and saw it had been a good night. Until I counted I couldn’t be sure but guessed that since beginningContinue reading “The Man From Dartmouth”
Who Are You?
They say people are the same everywhere you go. They say you seen ’em once, you’ve seen them all. They say deep down, we’re all the same. They say a lot of things. This, though. This is a new one. He hasn’t said a word to me since he brought me here, since he droppedContinue reading “Who Are You?”
Have A Nice Day
Jack trudged down the sidewalk with no momentum, no inward force compelling him to carry on. To anyone else on the street, he might have appeared commonplace in the city, but inside he was dying. His feet tired more with every step and desperately sought a reason to take another. His fingers wanted desperately toContinue reading “Have A Nice Day”
Flowers
The boy picks flowers from the edges of the long country driveway that leads from the main road where he catches his bus every morning to the house where he was born. He brings the small bouquet to the vegetable garden next to the house where his mother is pulling up carrots and dropping themContinue reading “Flowers”
Echo
Once there was a girl with a most amazing voice. When she was a child, she would hum to herself in her family’s garden and instantly flowers would bloom around her. She would soothe lullabies to her younger brother at night and he would sleep the most peaceful sleeps, dreaming the most wonderful dreams. Yes,Continue reading “Echo”
