All Things To All People
Sun It was startlingly red, the red of blood dripping down a gashed leg, as it sank lower, the horizon pulling it towards its unavoidable nightly demise. It scattered that same red and golden yellow and orange in the sky around it,…
Just another show, always the same. Different towns, different slack-jawed rubes crunching peanuts and candy apples and watching you from the seats, but always the same routine. The scenery was different but the night itself never was. He could jump a month…
A Handful of Daisies She tossed her bouquet of daisies into the water, watching the ripples radiating from it as it drifted away. She had already tossed another handful onto his casket, but she thought it was only right to only bring…
Bar in the River In her dream, she was in Cajun country. There was a river where crawfish were being pulled up, and there was a bar at the bottom. She dove down, holding her breath, seeing all the strange personalities in…
He had come to visit his friend’s farm in the Finger Lakes of upstate New York just for a change of scenery, really. The hectic pace of New York City was starting to bear down on him too overwhelmingly, to the point…
Cabana He held his squirming four-year-old, who was terrified of needles. “Remember, afterwards we get to go to Taco Cabana!” he told her soothingly. “I want to go to Taco Cabana now! Anyway, why do I even have to get a TV…
She careened down the hill, feet over head, feet over head, pulled into a tight ball of grass stains and denim and purple poodle barrettes. She giggled as she came to a gentle stop on the fluffy grass below. She cartwheeled across…
Crossroads The crossroads. This spot in the park had always felt somehow holy to her. She had never been exactly sure why, but it was the kind of spot she could imagine fairies gathering, leading their enchanted changeling away from the mourning…
From the moment Zeke stepped outside, he could tell it was a most peculiar day. If you had asked him what indicated this to him, he would not have been able to tell you—it was not anything that could be defined. But…