Sunshine and Poppycock: Chapter 3 My mom had her first split days off the following night. While I do believe she is aware of my excursions, I never go out when she is at home. Sometimes we manage a dinner together. Other times it’s TV. Most of the time, it’s sleep. While she does notContinue reading “Creatures of Habit”
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Cherry and Diet
Sunshine and Poppycock Chapter 2 It was 11:28 at night when I went out for the evening. Two full days had passed since meeting the blond mop man. That night I had looked over my shoulder at least a couple of times after I had left him midway up the stairs. By all accounts, specificallyContinue reading “Cherry and Diet”
Call Past Rain
I’m still here! Camp NaNoWriMo is coming up in a few days. Since I haven’t sat down and written for a while, I’m rusty, so this calls for a warm-up! Title is from a song that I used for inspiration. The rain continued to fall. It was the third day in a row. The petrichorContinue reading “Call Past Rain”
Not A Joy
The sun had long since gone down. The previous few Trick-Or-Treaters had been high school students, wearing little more than some smeared makeup and those plastic vampire teeth, holding out their pillow cases expectantly. The bowl was nearing empty. I had eaten at least more than a share of the Kit-Kats from it, and tuckedContinue reading “Not A Joy”
Where it Lives
‘I hate airports,’ the thought kept running through my head. I kept trying to push it out of my mind, knowing it would make the whole process even worse. The line through security was long, same as any previous time I had gone thorough it. One of the TSA agents, looking more like a bouncer atContinue reading “Where it Lives”
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