When he came to, he was in the dark. Calling out and receiving no response, he figured he was there…
Breakfast After a Bad One
Old lovers are ghosts, pass the pancakes,pass the syrup, blueberry, not maple, please,the way they shift themselves into our consciousness,when…
Kauaʻi, Boys, Is nō ka ʻoi
EXTERIOR. ON THE BEACH AT KEKAHA, KAUAʻI, HAWAIʻI EVENING Four friends, BEANPOLE, BROWNIE, GOODIE, and PEANUT sit on the sand…
Beyond Sorry
“You don’t recognize me, do you?” She’s smiling at me, a good smile, the kind of smile that lights up…
The Second Shot
Sickest I’ve ever been. I don’t think anyone got annual flu shots back then. At least I never heard of…
Hearing Loss
What’s that you’re saying under your breath,a curse or a blessing for me, you’ve done both well.I’ve grown to known…
Black and White
My sister snaps the picture. She’s not a professional photographer, I muse. And she’s using my iPhone. What this occasion…
Vaccination Reaction
Last Friday, brightly believing that I’d now become immune to Covid because of finally receiving the first of two Pfizer…
A History with Whiskey
Since I’ve retired, I’ve looked for things to do to fill out my routine. One thing I’d never done before…
The Ghosts of Irish Writers
INTERIOR, RADIO STATION STUDIO – MIDNIGHTRICHARD, the DJ, sits at a table in front of a microphone. ULYSSES, the guest…
The Bibliophile (100 words)
“I love books,” he says, standing next to one of the massive shelving units in his study, his shoulders rounded…
Dark Arts (100 words)
Against his family’s concerns, he’d majored in photography. Shooting photos in New York had been sufficient exercise, but the mental…
It’s hard to be where you aren’t
Because there’s too much headwind whipping now,too much ocean motion for me to feel your ripples,finger skin tendered soft, how…
The Fire Escape
The fire and the sirens woke everyone up. The sky was bright orange and red. I knew it when I…
This Is the Bondage One
You can listen to me read this story: https://anchor.fm/lanning-lee/episodes/This-Is-the-Bondage-One-esm9oh * * * * * I said it was aiming for…
The Caretaker – Part Two
So he’d ceased all criminal activity. Immediately. It was like being hit with a magic wand by his fairy godmother. …
The Caretaker – Part One
Maybe, he mused once, if it hadn’t been for marriage, he’d have ended up in prison. Once he met Beatrice,…
Compassionate Care
Life had not gone the way he’d hoped since his retirement from teaching. Instead of traveling the world, renovating his…
Waiting
He thought, They’re waiting for me right now. In days gone by he used to believe this, but it was…
By day the slow clenching, by night
my tongue bitten to bloody point,harder and harder, I feel it now, and justa little bit harder now, yes, there,…
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