Her books floated away on the flood water like the boats of some miniature race, seeking safer shores and greener pastures to call home. Standing on the roof of her house, Alice watched them go, the tears which dripped off her chin and cheeks adding to the deluge. They were just things. She sat downContinue reading “Lost in the Flood”
Tag Archives: Flash Fiction
Science and Myth
Icarus stood on top of his apartment building, putting the final touches on his newest wing mock-ups. The last five designs had been overwhelming failures – the fifth had landed him in traction for six months. He didn’t mind though – six months away from the accounting firm meant six months of unhindered scientific progress.Continue reading “Science and Myth”
Watch and Learn
The empty briefcase thumped hollowly against her stockinged legs. She weaved her way down the crowded city streets, passing between people like water between rocks. She stopped suddenly outside of the high-rise doors, backtracking several steps. Her long silver nails pulled down her tinted sunglasses, her shocking orange eyes surveying the building over the topsContinue reading “Watch and Learn”
Melancholy – A Dissertation
Melancholy. Some people make it through their entire lives without being touched too severely by its inky fingers, dipping into the stillest of waters and turning the whole ocean black and convincing the sailors it has always been that color. A new moon hangs over the ocean of the mind, coloring the midnight a deeperContinue reading “Melancholy – A Dissertation”
Horsemen
Photo via Flickr by subcircle I wrote this piece several years ago, when I was an undergraduate at the University of Washington. At the time, my father had successfully beat back Leukemia and I wrote the below as a sort of ‘near-miss’ emotional exercise. In light of my father’s recent passing, this flashContinue reading “Horsemen”