This is part of the Dreams and Nightmares Series and not part of the family stories. We were inside a ten-story red-brick building in the middle of the city with traffic whizzing by below us. It was cool and cloudy out, which was probably for the best since the building only had window a/c’s. WeContinue reading “A Gentler Form of Haunting”
Category Archives: Literary Fiction
Delbert Ferry Miner of the Body of Christ
This is literary fiction and not part of my family stories. It contains crude language. Early in my freshman year at Carroll High School, I was sitting in the breezeway during lunch with my empty tray next to me when Ryan Gomez walked up with two other freshman football players. I pulled a snickers barContinue reading “Delbert Ferry Miner of the Body of Christ”
Jesus Runs for President
*The following is NOT one of my family stories but is literary fiction. It’s also satire and might offend the sensibilities of some. This week on Politically Fit we sit down with Jesus Christ who this week announced his candidacy for President of the United States. The following interview has been lightly edited for clarityContinue reading “Jesus Runs for President”
In the Still of the Night
I got too busy to write a daily post, so I am trying a new draft of a horror/suspense first chapter I have been working on. I previously published another version, wrote a lot more, then trashed it for something more subtle. If you are looking for the daily post, you can skip this. IfContinue reading “In the Still of the Night”
Among the Dead I Have Known
This is a series of life sketches and is not part of the daily short stories I have been posting. Lewis McSpadden was born into slavery in a year he could not recall, on a Tennessee farm he didn’t remember to a mother he would not know long. She was from Virginia; the documents sayContinue reading “Among the Dead I Have Known”
Something Has Happened to You
This is the opening section of a novel draft I have just completed. It’s a mix of horror and suspense. What scared me most as a kid were ordinary things I didn’t understand, and I spent a lot of time afraid—afraid of parents dying, being hit by hurricanes, becoming a victim of violent crime orContinue reading “Something Has Happened to You”
Some Things We Know, and Some We Do Not
Reprinted with permission of Atlantic to Pacific magazine. cato is Dead; Long Live cato By Simon K. Pacy You could be forgiven for thinking that the post was a joke. After all, cato’s online intimates, if you can call anyone on the Internet an intimate, assumed it was. And post might be the wrong wordContinue reading “Some Things We Know, and Some We Do Not”
Do Your Part to Slow the Spread of It
Do your part: help slow the spread of it by washing your hands thoroughly. Use hot water, apply soap, and rub hands together vigorously while singing “Happy Birthday.” Rinse hands in hot water. Employees are required to wash hands as prescribed before returning to work. Disinfecting wipes that kill it are provided so that youContinue reading “Do Your Part to Slow the Spread of It”
The Car that Refuses to Get Away
Jeff stands quietly at the bottom of a stairwell. Adrenaline courses his through him, and he breathes deeply trying to remain calm. A dark-haired man in a black collared shirt stands next to him smoking a cigarette. “Any minute now,” the man whispers. “He’ll come right down those stairs. Don’t let his shoes touch bottomContinue reading “The Car that Refuses to Get Away”
His Smile Lit Up a Room and Other Things to Say at My Funeral 