Stories
Published: Oct 09, 2020
featuring: Michael Talerio
Snippets hung around in his mind. He wasn't practicing everyday like he should; instead struggling to keep the pace. Flurries of production kept him just ahead of the scheduled demands. In a ...
Published: Oct 08, 2020
featuring: Daniel Wilmar
He screamed today. At the top of his lungs. I mean it; he screamed today. One of those fits that you cannot predict or stop once it's begun. You've got to let ...
Published: Oct 07, 2020
featuring: Yerl Gleason
"What happens if we move that?" Yerl asked. Dominic stared at Yerl, jaw slightly askew. "I mean the profile." "Yeah." Dominic sucked on his teeth, thinking. He scratched his beard and rubbed ...
Published: Oct 06, 2020
featuring: Yerl Gleason
"You can obviously fix all the things during your cool down week." "Week?" "Yeah, cool down week." "We were told two weeks," Yerl said over Zoom. "It's a week now," Nicole said, ...
Published: Oct 05, 2020
featuring: Cara Jean-Jones
Melony snapped the photo. "There," she said holding up her phone for Cara to see. "I don't like it." "Again?" Melony looked at it again and grimaced. "I think it's fine. I ...
Published: Oct 02, 2020
featuring: Cara Jean-Jones
The train thundered overhead, carrying people home from long days at work. A spark blazed briefly like an arc of lightning casting shadows at odd angles. Cara covered her ears until the volume ...
Published: Oct 01, 2020
featuring: Cara Jean-Jones
The game finished with another spilled mug of root beer. She picked up her can of beer and downed a long gulp. Cara wiped her brow and tucked a bit of hair ...
Published: Sep 30, 2020
featuring: Michael Talerio
"Hey Cara," he said. She was perched on a bar stool in front of a custom video game cabinet, swaying as she worked the controls. "Hey, aren't you Cara?" She was focused ...
Published: Sep 29, 2020
featuring: Michael Talerio
Michael liked to play the stock market. He bought and sold stocks like they were baseball cards, snapping up a hot item and flushing out old news. He consistently lost money, because ...
Published: Sep 27, 2020
featuring: Michael Talerio
Every morning he walked the dog, named Buck. This was not his dog but the one from the downstairs neighbor. When the neighbor was away on business, which was frequently, Michael took ...