Her Final Wishes
It’s been five years since I killed my daughter. If I close my eyes, I can still hear the scraping of the metal hood on the pavement. I can still smell burned rubber and leaking
Sea Glass Dreams
The first thing about Cape May that captured my attention was the light. She was the second. The light was unique, different. It wasn’t the sun, not directly. It was the way the light itself
White Roses
It all started the night I was attacked on my walk home from the laundromat. I’d had creeps follow me before, but it had always been relatively harmless—just the occasional whistle or crude comment. That
The Final Livestream
The first thing Aaron Clark sensed when he began to stir was the taste of blood on his tongue. That tangy, metallic flavor had coated the entire interior of his mouth. The next thing he
Letters From an Assassin – A Short Story
The letter arrived on a Tuesday. Vincent Rossi had just finished an unbelievably grueling day pouring and smoothing cement for a client. It wasn’t a big job, just a four-foot by six-foot slab for a
Those Left Behind
Allison focused on a single drop of rain as it trickled down the stained-glass windows. The church was full, every seat of every pew reserved, but one wouldn’t know it unless they saw it. Every
The Couple in the Glass
The first time she saw them, she didn’t think too much of it. Just an exceptionally attractive, well-dressed couple having dinner together in their multi-million-dollar penthouse while overlooking downtown Chicago. Bev Thomas watched them from
Letting Her Go – A Short Story
“Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Friends and family. Wide-eyed wanderers and wedding crashers,” I said, slightly surprised that my little joke at the end got a pretty good laugh. I was holding a glass
The Last Cartwheel – A Short Story
Dan Jackson watched as the dwindling countryside past him by just beyond the window as the train barreled down the tracks at fifty miles an hour. Chicago was swallowing up all of the natural beauty
Only the Truth – A Short Story
“Joe…I need you to sit down,” Seth said as he gingerly stood in the kitchen of his best friend’s home. He’d specifically picked this time to show up unannounced. He knew that Tina would not