Brandon: Sudden Realization

"Life seemed grand for Brandon and Janice. But it wasn't always this way."

I followed Janice down the hallway of her rented, two-bedroom modular home. That's what it's called when you or someone you know, lives in one. Trailer is so white trash. Her slender figure, accentuated by the work clothes she still...

Tracy’s Legs

"Jenny has a secret - a secret longing for a pretty, young intern. But how secret is that secret?"

Life sometimes strikes you with insights at the most inopportune of moments, and I’m sure it takes the greatest pleasure in your despair when it dangles the fruits of these revelations just out of reach. It shapes ordinary moments into...

Nightmare’s Cure

"She is my cure for life's past horrors."

I begin to write subdued and meek but ever grasping the ring I seek. As we circle back a final time I grab the ring. It’s finally mine. I was told the ring would bring reward, that the quest could...

My first flash

"It was exhilarating"

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I pulled out the note from my pocket and looked at the address my colleague had jotted down. It turned out that I’m about twenty meters from the place. The building was old, with crumbling stucco walls and a richly...