The Scorpion and the Leopard
The scorpion balances itself upon a leaf as it surveys the river. It hears a muted roar and then a
It looks like someone you know.
“You should be more concerned about what I can do, Freddie” Alice says, “…and less about what I can justify.”
Burn
Angela hears the soulless sound of canned laughter as she creeps down the hallway. The noise is hollow, as if
Empty of Fullness
My little sister complains all the time about the sound of my typing. She says it echoes down the hall
Let me read that book.
Esther sits in front of an outdoor stage with a blank, vacuous look upon her face. The audience murmurs and
Why can’t you see them?
Officer Brigitte McCray led the small, pale woman into the interrogation room. She pulled out a chair for her at
Full of Emptiness
I miss my brother. It has been three weeks since he went missing. Nobody knows where he might’ve gone. The
The Bag Man
“Mr. and Mrs. Sousa, I’m quite concerned about your daughter, Cindy,” Mrs. Carlyle says. She sits with her hands folded
I thought you were dead.
Wagner Flores shakes his head and scoffs. He sits on his sofa, holding a folded-over newspaper in one hand and
The Inescapable Nightmare of Scarlet City
“Kill him.” Diane lays in her bed with the covers pulled up to her face. She stares at the corner