She stepped out inter her city. Looking for something but couldn’t remember what, though sure it must be there. Somewhere. Above her the night slipped seductively across the sky, like black silk dropping to the floor. It felt like a wave of dark rolling lust engulfing her and everything she’d known, and changing them. “Forever?” …
To your surprise you wake up alone. It’s not your bed but that was expected. It’s still and dark outside, the person who’s bed your in once explained, “If New York is the city that never sleeps, Boston is the one that goes to bed at a reasonable hour.” Last-call at 01:00? Who ever heard …
– – – – – – 11 – – – – – – (Them still sitting, board in their dark, gray, cell) Their little break from vacation forced them to learn more about each other, and themselves. They were both American, but Shiva had never spent much time there, and Gringo had never before left. …
— — — — — — 1 — — — — — — March 20. First Day of Spring. Thirty Four Thousand Feet Above the Pacific. Minorities are often as thick as thieves. The gravity of it fascinated him. Like attracting like. If it wasn’t for this pseudo-scientific law of nature he wouldn’t’ve been sitting …
You step into a murky casino filled with smoke of many colors. Expensive cigars, cheep cigarettes, pipes, hashish, cloves, marijuana, incense, opium, and then some. The combination of scents isn’t over-all not displeasing, just vivid. As people walk by, the swiftly moving ones leave trails of cleaner fresh air in their wake. Along with smoke …
Picture it: It’s the end of the month, around the end of the year, and all your bills come due; rent, phone, holidays, heat… that embarrassing trip to the Emergency Room to have that thing dislodged. And to top it all off your stuffed animal decoupaging business has yet to take off. You’re strapped for …