True Leadership

He had a duty, to his country, his king, his family, and he felt all of that begin to crumble in the depths of a pair of large green eyes. The King’s new concubine, a gift from the royal family of her own land, trained in the killing arts…

Drowning

I had thought the date went well. Yet, here I was with an angry ghost glaring up at me from the bottom of my bathtub, daring me to reach in.  I took a deep breath. “I’m sorry I did something to upset you,” I said, putting the toilet seat…

The Oracle

The Oracle lived in an alley near the financial district.  Of indeterminate age, she dressed in rags, surrounded by cats and crows who moved and shifted too much to be counted.  She talked to them in an incomprehensible mutter.  Somehow she was never caught up in any of the sweeps…

Therapy

“You have had the power to be who you want, who you are, the whole time,” Carolyn told her client at what she hoped would be their final therapy session.  “I can’t do it for you, but you can be who you really are.” “I have to choose for…

Who Cages Death?

CW: Violence, blood Klaxons blared, lights flashed, Sophia’s cell door slid open. Out on the cat walks lining the rows of cells, people milled, then the fighting started, and the screams. Sophia threw back her head and laughed. Something, they’d released something, the so-called scientists in this hell-hole…

I'm Back

Ok, I've done a lot of editing and revising, and also freaking out during the pandemic.  But I think I'm going to try to get back to the original New Year's Resolution of writing a small piece of fiction/flash fiction a day.  I feel like that was really beneficial…

Brief Hiatus

This page is going to be a little quiet while I work on revisions of my novel length stuff.  Sorry about that.…

Deals with the Devil

Molly sprinted towards the building that looked like a church.  Gravel kicked up near her feet and she zagged to the left, and continued toward the building.  Behind her, the men who’d killed her family, followed, shouting, and firing both at her and into the air.  She’d seen…