Me at 36
As our story begins, Danny Ward is 36 years old and standing in the shower in his parent’s new apartment in downtown Detroit. It’s two days after Christmas. And last […]
The Namesake
Here I sit and recount the final tale of the original Ethan Weatherby. I didn’t know him personally. I‘ve only collected that which can still be discovered from those that […]
A Mind
As the alarm went off, the algorithms that directed Trevor to sit up, grab his glasses, sip his water and eventually slide his feet in his slippers, began running their […]
One Stands
As far as park benches go, the one George chose was quite dirty. Most of the contestants chose cleaner, more refined benches, but perhaps that was what eventually became their […]
Swallowed by Fear
What is that scares you? What keeps you up and solidifies you? What shakes you? And not the monsters-under-the-bed or zombie-apocalypses or spiders or heights fear. But true fear. The […]
To Jack
Embry normally loved crying on the subway – the solitude of it, the isolation of it. He’d look people right in the eyes, through his tears, challenging them to ask […]
Happy Numbers
The discovery of the existence of Happy Numbers, on a July Tuesday morning last year, made Kevin McCormack smile and laugh. In fact, it simply put him over the moon – […]
Everything’s Brighter
The doctor warned Lawrence Waters that the first forty-eight hours would be the most difficult. It’s not so much the shock to the system, but as the body accustoms to […]
Grace Olive Kettridge
Grace Olive Kettridge, who goes by her middle name, was born on March 7th, 1982 at 4:43 pm at St. Agnes’ Hospital in Townsville, Montana. Yesterday was her 32nd birthday. […]
Surviving Breach
“It began in the south. Temperatures continued to rise and what they called the o-zone layer, which protected the Earth, was failing. In their attempt to fix it, they created […]
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