Staring down at the four story staircase, we slowly descended… step by step. I didn’t think I was claustrophobic, but as we lowered further into the abyss, I stared at the walls in complete understanding of how someone could feel them closing in. When we reached the only remaining Edinburgh catacomb, appropriately called a close,Continue reading “Buried”
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The First Ladies
Author note: The unnamed First Lady is completely fictional and does not portray any real person. The last year has been a whirlwind. Roaming all over the country in a different town nearly every day meeting people, then the election. I wasn’t ready for this. I’m still not. Now I’m sitting here in a aContinue reading “The First Ladies”
A Whole New World
Caroline sat in front of her picture window with a steaming cup of coffee gazing out in the glowing amber ball of the morning sun rising as if it were ascending for the first time. The last eight hours much like the prior two months and even past 30 years had been a nightmare. PrisonedContinue reading “A Whole New World”
Different Eyes
Shopping at garage sales is my jam. I’m a handy crafter and relish making old things into new things. Somehow, I don’t see them as they are, but as what they can be. Where someone would see an ugly old octagonal 70s end table with orange felt on the sides and a broken door, IContinue reading “Different Eyes”
Darkness Within
The dark sky loomed, relentlessly following every step, blocking every turn. I never thought I could feel so powerless. How could the world twist so out of control that it would target my child? I’ve always trailed my own unconventional path, but I can’t imagine what it feels like to be trapped in your ownContinue reading “Darkness Within”
Check Yourself
Jennifer’s world was getting too hard to live in. Day after day, the state of life’s problems were too much burden to bear. Lying awake every night staring at the ceiling, her mind raced. When she came to work one day wearing a suit jacket and pajama pants, clutching the coffee pot like a lifeline,Continue reading “Check Yourself”
Reboot and Say Yes to Fun!
“Work, you damn computer!” Katherine pounded on the keys of her laptop in frustration. It was a year Katherine thought she would never see. In one year the pyramid of her life tumbled one block at a time. A twenty-year marriage, a cheating husband, a failed business she loved and now the last straw, aContinue reading “Reboot and Say Yes to Fun!”
SUZANNE RUDD HAMILTON 