Happiness in the Last Bottle
Happiness in the Last Bottle Jesse fidgeted in his armless computer chair, making it squeak in protest. His ears felt hot and he calmed down and sat steady for a few moments, knowing that his coworkers in the adjacent cubicles were listening to his...
Smoky Rain
Smoky Rain The cold wind whipped up the freshly fallen snow into a light flurry that swept over the gently rolling grounds of the cemetery. Oblivious to the cold and wind was a single figure, silhouetted and crouched against a gravestone. Robert's...
Adult Signature Required
Brown truck, neatly pressed brown shirt, and brown packages. Remy checked his pearly whites in the side view mirror before checking the address on the house. The pine marten took a genuine pride in his job: setting up his routes, staging the packages,...
Pair of Jokers
I looked down at the cards in my hand for at least the fifth time, hoping that maybe if I just looked away for a moment and glanced back down that my lowly 9 High hand would magically transform into something better. It wasn't, and the glare from the...