It was nearly midnight. I scanned the keycard and walked into a quiet, dark hotel room. All I could think about was sleep and how early my alarm would go off in the morning. At least I was sober. Several of my coworkers took turns drinking the shots my boss kept setting in front of me… Continue reading Rick
“Hello?” Doug called as he walked into his house. The kitchen, strangely silent, felt as though its inhabitants had beamed up into a spaceship in the middle of coffee-drinking, doll-playing, and Nerf-gun shooting. Doug opened the door to the basement and started down. Horror movies began like this. With each step, sounds of life grew… Continue reading A Quiet House
I was the youngest kid in my class, so I had to try extra hard not to act like a baby. That was extra hard on my first day of third grade. Daddy pulled up to the drop-off curb instead of parking where he was supposed to. “You’re not going in with me?” Daddy didn’t… Continue reading Starting Third Grade
