Eliza was my favorite patient. She was the elderly matriarch of a big family who all seemed to fit into her tiny hospital room. There she'd lay with her long silvery black hair and her head on two pillows, watching the television but not really looking at it. She had a chummy young grandson who … Continue reading The Intern
The Abyss
"Ah, don't you love it?" "Love what?" "The sound. The music through the breeze." Ohh. That dilapidated Karaoke bar we live next to. "Yeah, sure." "It's nice to have friends in the neighborhood. You shouldn't be so isolated. Right?" The squatted posture of a woman huddled over to my bench, inviting herself in, to put … Continue reading The Abyss
Winning Souls
The sky was ablaze in a cloudless blue, a scorching aurelian haze. No turbines could run and there was no force that could impress an industrious nature on a perpetual siesta such as this town's repute. All the lonely roads merely led to a desert of a sea. The town and its denizens were archaic … Continue reading Winning Souls
The Hustle I Know
His father was a war veteran who never really did come back home. No one ever did in those days. Always ready for a battle, he either had a gun or a bolo that protected him from every little sound and he never trusted the way the winds moved the lily pads in still waters. … Continue reading The Hustle I Know
Ice
I walked down the rainy central district of this small city, and had just stopped at this street corner, when I came across a young mother and her two small kids. The family huddled by the window of a fast-food restaurant, under the guise of a roof about 3 storeys high. They weren’t apart from … Continue reading Ice
An Algorithm to Goodness
Nowadays, a lot of questions have come up hinting at some of the more mundane aspects of our lives: Why does society think differently than me? What makes the government fail so often and so hard? How can we come up with more genders? (I kid.) But they're social problems, for social people. It's pointless. … Continue reading An Algorithm to Goodness
A Wish for Some Fire
My arguments are precious. I never waste them on fools. It’s one of the only things I save and, in truth, it’s given me a lot more satisfaction than saving money. I’d even collect comebacks from U.S. generals and Winston Churchill. It seems a strange thing to wish for, but for the last few years … Continue reading A Wish for Some Fire
Winds Unmoving
I used to be so invincible. Power was my constant companion and it yielded at my every command. Even Fortune favored my going quietly. I always let my reputation do the talking. For all everyone knew, I was a lucky kid. No words could harm me and I only grew stronger with adversity. Nothing could … Continue reading Winds Unmoving
The Earth is a Giant
When a storm wakes you, you’ll know. You’ll know it when the windows shudder as it’s pelted by arrows of water and the room comes alive though you’re barely conscious. You’ll know it when the winds are howling and the sky is pale. It’s almost as if you could feel the Earth stirring ever so … Continue reading The Earth is a Giant
First of the Tales: Sunrise and Moonrise
Every day begins with a sunrise: a testament to life’s perseverance. There goes the old saying, “It’s always darkest before the dawn” and sometimes, that’s exactly how it feels like. Every day can feel like a war that is slowly won and it can make you feel winded. I guess that is why I’ve never … Continue reading First of the Tales: Sunrise and Moonrise
The Typewritten Tales 