Short stories & poems

“Uhh,” Mark starts, looking confused as he picked at his birthday cake. “Why is there a baby seal… in my cake…?”...

Gus!! Gus!! Come here buddy! I’ve got a treat for you!

He always did this at the worst times. Never on a nice sunny day. Never when I don’t have to leave in 10 minutes. Remind me, why do we have dogs again?? That’s right…it’s because they’re hilarious and lovable and they smell funny. Like dogs should. Just a reminder, if you don’t like them…you belong on a list.

Today was especially inconvenient,...

One shock, two shock, three shock, four… how many drinks do I have to pour?

How many walks have to be taken?

It feels like so much time has been wasted but hey it’s just another day.

I’m a waiter, but I do a handful of things from walking dogs too shining shoes too even working a boutique when the schedule fits. I hear my family every time I begin a job, “WHEN YOU GOING TO LOCK SOMEONE D...

There’s dirt under his fingernails.

I watch in abject horror as he places my cup of water onto the table right in front of me, his hand gripped around the rim of my cup, where my lips are supposed to go.

I swallow the bile that rises in my throat.

“Thank you” I grit out with a fake smile. It’s a shame because he’s cute. Brown Bieber hair frames his smooth, pale features. His eyes are a muted ...

“Take your shot, stranger. You’ll only get one.” She said after she walked over to my table turned the chair around before she sat down with her arms crossed. Thats all it took. I was hers. That laid back posture. That smile. That opening line that was so nerdy yet also oozed confidence. How do you even respond to such an opening line. “Hi, I’m Ted” clearly wouldn’t cut it with a girl like this. I...

A hand tapped on my shoulder, and I raised one side of my headphones. The heavy noise of whirring machinery cutting into dense metal assaulted my ears with a grating nerve. “They need you up at Sector Five.” My colleague, who had been working with me and other teams to disassemble the mysterious ship that crash-landed hours ago, patted my shoulder. With a heavy sigh, I checked that I was still str...

2012 . . .

“Race you!” August giggled as she bolted through their suburban neighborhood towards the playground, her prosthetic leg making a clanking sound against the concrete as the eight-year-old sprinted as fast as she could. However, she was still bit a slowed down despite her headstart. She heard Victor yell at her in Spanish behind her as he fruitlessly tried to keep up and she snickered...

Most people love fall. I’m not most people.

Autumn always leaves me with a gnawing, gut wrenching dread. Every year is the same. I always lose someone I love.

Last fall, my mom died in a car accident. The year before that, my girlfriend of three years spontaneously broke up with me. The one before that, my best friend just stopped talking to me.

This year, I’m not going to let anything take m...

She has worn a lot of shoes in her life.

Converse are still a top contender, except for the comfort, bummer!

She loves light pink, bright cherry red & black best.

These cool shoes will always come back in style.

But,as far as comfort, fashion & real love ,her Doc Martens will always be her favorite.

No one has topped them yet!

She has their classic low black boot , she was practically born with...

It's hard to be inconspicuous when you're hanging upside down. But once again Jerry found himself in a predicament. It seemed to happen to him daily. Here he was, hanging upside down.

Jerry could not quite recall how this had occurred. He just came to and immediately sensed something was wrong. Sure enough, his world was upside down.

He tried to right himself up, pulling his head towards his...