Footfalls
I broke a cardinal rule in the story below. But I’m hesitant to tell you what it is because I’d really like to know if you even notice. So here’s what I’ll do. If you…
Fair Enough
We haven’t heard from Jimmy and Glenn in a while, so this week’s story revisits the duo’s dark antics. The plot is pretty much the same. I see myself writing more of these, but I…
The Waiting 10
This is the final waiting story. It’s really just a rough draft. I’d like to develop it into something more. Something longer that teases out the exchange described within. In this tale, the waiting itself…
Plunked Clean
I’m taking a one-week break from my series focused on the theme of waiting. There’s only one story left, and I have a rough idea of what it will be, but it simply wasn’t ready…
The Waiting 9
For the ninth installment of this bizarre little serious on waiting, a creative essay. The narrator isn’t me, so in that sense this is fiction. But you won’t find much of a plot. This is…
The Waiting 8
On to the eighth one. I’ve settled on a total of 10 waiting stories. It’s an unconventional series, but one I’m really enjoying. I’m going to take your silence as agreement. (It’s my website. I…
The Waiting 7
Another waiting story. I think I’m going to make it an even 10. But with Halloween coming up, expect some darkness for the next couple. I believe the story below delivers. There’s no gore. That’s…
The Waiting 6
I was tempted to name this one something other than “The Waiting 6.” It is the sixth in this weird little thematic series I’m doing, and it is about waiting, but this more than the…
The Waiting 5
There are a lot of things I like about writing prompts. Here’s one. Sometimes the prompt is merely a hoop to jump through. An exercise in creative story-telling. And sometimes the prompt makes the story.…