by meaton7584 | Apr 3, 2025 | Awarded Pieces, Short Stories
Remember. Please, I only ask for this. Let me remember. Blue. Above her, the long night rolls forth, a deep, tempest blue. In a pool of moonlight, smooth and soft as silk, she stands, perched upon the edge of a shoddy wooden dock, her face tilted to the cool...
by meaton7584 | Nov 11, 2024 | Short Stories
Black smoke billowed from the seventeenth window on the second side. Inside, an orange glow flickered softly, bathing the interior in a wash of flame. In the firelight, there stood a man. A fireman, his shadow stretched long. A second shadow sprung across the...
by meaton7584 | Nov 1, 2024 | Short Stories
My name is Simon. I’m a firefighter. I cross out a line. Was a firefighter. Muttering dryly to myself, I raise the glass to my lips once more. Tart liquor meets my dry tongue. I grip the cup, tightening my hold. Suddenly, it...
by meaton7584 | Dec 1, 2023 | Short Stories
It is long past night. A prison, in which its captives are suspended by serpentine tendrils, pendulums swinging between wakefulness and sleep, before coming to rest at hypnagogia—the middle, occupied by a sinister mist that sours rationality into insanity, where good...
by meaton7584 | Sep 6, 2023 | Short Stories
Mary couldn’t fall asleep. Sharp wails pierced the night, a thousand knives in Mary’s ears. She couldn’t stop the hot, angry tears from rolling down her face. Frustration gripped her like an iron vice. It had been six months since Charlotte was born—six months of...
by meaton7584 | Jul 17, 2023 | Short Stories
A turn in the road, and the girl feels her shoulders fall. Like a cat, her eyes go soft, the pupils deepening into a warm maroon that catches the sunlight in swirls of amber. With each curve, her body rocks gently, the lull of the engine and fading sun coaxing her...
