On the second anniversary of her relocation, Janice ripped out the air temperature regulator from the closet of her domicile and, with a strangled yell, threw it out the airlock into the rust-colored dirt. When ZymoCo sent her a replacement, she threw that one out the airlock as well. She blamed them; ZymoCo. The WorldContinue reading “Hot and Cold”
Category Archives: Creative Writing
Freedom
This piece is dedicated to Stephanie Mullen-Sin (@mullen_sin), an artist in search of a muse, who became a muse of my own. I hope you enjoy it! Freedom is a funny thing, thought Stephanie, staring down at the type-filled pages in her daughter’s hands. She remembered when those rows of black figures looked to herContinue reading “Freedom”
What It’s Worth
It was the week of Thanksgiving and the city was as frozen as a summer-killed prize turkey. Darla had taken her life in her own hands, wearing heels on a day like this, but she walked across the ice slicked sidewalks towards her apartment building satisfied that if she did eat concrete her four-hundred dollarContinue reading “What It’s Worth”
Ordinary is Extraordinary
Shortly after the Great War devastated most of the civilized world, a man named Richard Drew became fascinated with creating an invisible tie that would bind all matter together in harmony. That is to say, Drew worked ceaselessly for several years at creating and perfecting the world’s first transparent adhesive tape; Scotch Tape. In oneContinue reading “Ordinary is Extraordinary”
Sudden Death
Lansing slid into the passenger seat of the car, adjusting the gold badge on his belt as he sat. He looked at the dashboard in front of him, identical to all the other unmarked patrol cars in all but one, irritating aspect. Lansing massaged his forehead. He sighed. The pile of plastic Twinkie wrappers completelyContinue reading “Sudden Death”