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Dead Man’s Bluff
Jacob stumbled through the double-doors of the Atlantis Casino and into the crisp, night air; lurching to the closest decorative shrubbery where he proceeded to ...
Living Picture
Just perfect, I thought as the storm released sheets of rain over the canopy that spilled onto the walkway. Lightning lit up the sky in ...
Momma Won’t Stay Dead
My sister didn’t come to the funeral. And I honestly didn’t blame her one bit. There towards the end of Mom’s life, things had gotten ...
Autobiography of a Doll
My first memory is of loneliness. Sitting forgotten on a shelf, detached from the world. Unloved and abandoned. I suppose it was sometime around 1934, ...
Snow Angels are Illegal Where I Live
My town is in one of the northwestern states, which, if you know anything about the northeast, means snow like... six months out of the ...
The Staircase
July 5, 2010 I don’t really know what to say. Last week, I was in a bad car crash. The doctors said that I suffered ...
Turn It Off
I rested my arms behind my head, skim-reading the credits of a movie I’d just watched. After seeing them through about halfway, I lifted myself ...
I Found a Forum for Dead People
It’s a tale as old as the internet itself. You’re killing your boredom by browsing the net. Mindlessly scrolling through pictures and reading through forums ...
Dracula’s Doom
Part I London, 1982 Like a dog come running at his master’s whistle, I RSVP’d yes on an invitation to Vernon Copeland’s Halloween party to ...
The Skin-Collector
Jessie wondered if she and her brother would have more in common if they had been identical twins. The differences didn’t surface unless you spent ...
The Legend of the Chained Oak
I write this piece with a great degree of trepidation, for the knowledge I now pass on to you has resided festering in my mind ...
