Tag: death

Six Twenty Seven

Originally, this was the final in-class writing assignment for my Creative Writing class: Write one scene using the following words: Money, ocean, planet, aggravate, grease, paddle, rooster, leer, gift, pillow, …

One Last Christmas

This is a very, very, short story I wrote as an exercise in writing a scene specifically intended to capture a mood. That scene was assigned in my Screenwriting class …

Jim Brewman’s Wife

On that first night, as Jim tried to teach her subtlety and control, another lesson instead took the lead as Eliana taught him something he’d never experienced: how to let …

Birth Pains

My heart leapt as the hood crashed to a close behind and tires screeched ahead of me, my eyes barely able to make out the hole the spring had made …

Hand of Death

This story is only 10 words long. Let's face it, if there were an excerpt it would devour the whole damn story. Heck, even this explanation of why there's no …