Christmas Bonus_I Won't Be Long_Curse or Miracle?_The Train Wrecked Life
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Christmas Bonus
Howard loathed the buildup that the end of the year brought with it. The jolly “Merry Christmas” greetings from strangers, the decorations and smells that took over all the stores, he even despised the Christmas tree sellers who seemed to invade every empty lot in the small town where he lived. For him, every peppermint latte and brightly colored bulb flooded his mind with memories of his wife, Anna. Memories that stung so much he wanted nothing to do with the holidays.He could usually avoid most of the holiday cheer. He would stock up on food before Thanksgiving and limit his outings in Decem...
I Won't Be Long
I Won’t Be LongYolan’s weathered hands are clasped in front of his head, which rests on Geta’s bed. A light blanket covers Geta, her hands open and motionless at her sides. Yolan does not pray. He simply rests. The aches in his legs and back never cease.He raises his head and looks across Geta’s bed to the window, where bare black branches of an ornamental tree shiver in the early March afternoon. A red bird with a black mawww.onedoor.ccsk and yellow beak sits on a branch.“He has a sweetheart, Geta. I have seen her on that same branch. Her feathers are mauve and gray. I named them Jeffrey and Anabel. That i...
Curse or Miracle?
The weather was dust more than anything else. On this hot Thursday in August, there was a searing sun and clear skies but if anyone in town mentioned anything about the weather, it was that the dryness was making a haze of dirt and it exhausted everyone. Deputy Reese thought it a waste of his time to be sent on an errand to pick up the young lady at the airport. Now returning to the dismal town, he wished there would be more excuses to leave soon. “Ma’am? Ma’am,” Deputy Reese wondered what was up with her. The entire encounter from the airport until then, she had been miles away. At first he t...
The Train Wrecked Life
Still foggy headed, he rubbed the remnants of sleep from his right eye as he amused himself with what could be. You see, Josh loved to daydream about how his life could be in a parallel universe – since he did not much like the one he was living.He peered out of the train window and saw a green field with many lights and bases… just like he ran as a kid. He was unstoppable on the field. Yes, on the field, he was a winner, but at home… that was a different story. Behind closed doors, his dad would berate him, beat him with a belt, and chase him around the house taunting him with his ferociously...