Category: Short Stories

  • Aaron & Annie: A Short Story About Cutting Yourself Free

    Tonight, I sat at my desk in the front bedroom, facing North Carolina Avenue. This busy southeast D.C. neighborhood somehow seems busier on autumn evenings. From my perch, the neighbor’s walk home from the Metro or Capitol Hill. And every once in a while, I laugh at the man I…

  • Everything Makes Sense Again – A Short Story

    Everything makes sense again. But it took nearly a year before it did. Kurt simply left. No fanfare. No argument. No conversation. He was gone – just like that. All the shit he brought into my life, was left there for me to clean out and clean up. How like…

  • I Hate the Way You Love Me

    I hit play on my phone and Aretha Franklin’s (You Make me Feel) Like a Natural Woman, plays through my stereo console’s speakers. I pour a glass of Matthiasson’s cab and chop the vegetables I’ve just washed, for dinner. A few sips into my glass of wine, the door from…

  • Coming Home – A Short Story

    Coming Home After the longest Friday in the history of ever, I left my office facing South Front Street and drove home – stopping at the Piggly Wiggly for my last moment of quiet for the weekend. I already know, once I pull into the driveway, all hell will break…