"A fight over garbage cans"
Matt stops abruptly at the bottom of the steps. Thursday. Recycling gets picked up today. The blue recycling can sits at the bottom of the wooden staircase. Boxes, Monster cans, and Gatorade bottles poke out above the rim at all...
"Britney gets sent to the principal's office."
Britney slouched in the blue leather chair, arms crossed tightly over her chest, face scrunched into a scowl. She was eighteen. An adult, sitting in the principal's office like a goddamned kid because that hag, Anderson, had it out for...
"Carter's trip to the auto repair shop has an unexpected cost."
Rattle, clunk. Every bump or hole that Carter couldn't evade made him wince. The noise coming from the front suspension of his battered Ford Edge could not be good. Any time now, the front wheels would fly off. He was...
Grant Ryans tapped away at the keyboard, each stroke a hammer blow to his already heavy head. The air conditioning vent above him weakly blew his tousseled brown hair. His eyes strained against the blue light from the monitor. The...
"A Dishwashing Dreamer Meets A Heart Broken Beauty."
The black plastic trash bag arced through the air before crashing into the battered green dumpster. Kevin lazily made his way back to the old two story brick building that held Larry's Cafe. His phone chimed as he received a...