• The Adventures of Bob the Beetle

    “It sounded like a bird was falling through the tree,” Codie described when they first came across the beetle that will later be known as Bob.   Two of my friends brought over a tupperware container one day that was the new home to a massive beetle and a scorpion. Both of which they’d found…

  • Retail Life Episode 6

    *This post contains foul language* I’m at work, ringing people up, minding my own business. A lady with three teenage sons comes up to check out. The boys are asking for candy or chips or something and she yells at them, “Just fuckin pick something and get over here!” I laugh she shakes her head…

  • When the Rains Came Part 3

    (part 1 and part 2) “Hey, new kid!” Marcus yelled across the hall as the new student tried to squeeze through the crowd. He looked around, eyes wide as though expecting something bad. “Yeah, you! Come here,” Ethan motioned him over to their group. “Hi,” he said once he’d reached them. “I’m Kevin.” “I’m Marcus,…

  • Motivation and Support

    I have a great group of friends. Most of them have been in my life for the last eight years. It seems like a lifetime. I don’t know where I’d be without them. Or who I’d be for that matter. It’s very important to surround yourself with good people when you have goals and the…

  • Retail Life Episode 5

    Couponers. I’m all for saving money, but some of these people take it to a ridiculous extreme. Sure, it’s cool when you can get some things for free with coupons and sales and all that. But, would you please explain to me why you need seven toothbrushes, ten different body washes, and five different laundry…

  • When the Rains Came Part 2

    *Part 1 available if you missed it* Drew folded the newspaper over to read the last of the article, shaking his head. “But that doesn’t explain the people that weren’t missing until the next day.” He’d heard the frantic calls on his police scanner. People that had been safe during the storm had gone out…

  • Five Seconds of Shame

       We swarmed to the abandoned house that night, climbing in and out of the cars. It was too cold to stand outside, even with the fire going. It was our little hangout, tucked far off the road and surrounded by trees. The couches and fire pit were trash, but we used them like new.…

  • When the Rains Came part 1

    “ And then the rains came. They came down from the hills and up from the sound. And it rained a sickness. And it rained a fear. And it rained an odor. And it rained a murder… Soaking. Spreading. Penetrating. And it rained an omen. And it rained a poison.” – Tom Robbins Annie was…

  • Retail Life Episode 4

    Boundaries. People don’t seem to have those. I don’t know what is so confusing about “don’t touch me.” I am a human being; I am not here for your amusement. Example one: I’m ringing you up and you notice I have several piercings in my ear. Cool. Comment on it. I don’t care if your…

  • Ghosts

    I crept down the staircase as the voices faded into the kitchen. A deep unfamiliar voice mingled with hers. She’d brought another man over. I listened hard, trying to determine if it was the same one from a few nights ago. Probably not. I knew well enough that she wanted the company, not the commitment.…