Category: Light-Years In The Dark

01
Apr

Falling

She was falling to her death like the earth into the sun, slowly and relative to nothing that mattered anymore. So she accepted the stranger’s …

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31
Mar

Therapy

For three years he remained her patient, coming to her plush office, lying on her leather couch, and exposing his phobias – fears of acquiring …

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09
Mar

Fear

Life’s a high-wire act, said a man seated across the table from me. His eyes were mesmerizing, intense like a bird of prey. The trick, …

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10
Feb

Heroics

From pop-up books to electric trains to video games, he dismantled all his toys. Within days after flirting with the notion of play, he divided …

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03
Feb

Guilt

He raped his wife then kissed her crying face before collapsing into sleep. Later that night he was handcuffed and shoved into the caged backseat …

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06
Jan

Publicity

The interviewer had charmed her with his smile. After being invited into her home, offered coffee, and allowed to have a crew of technicians run …

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15
Dec

Garden

I had heard of an enormous garden that was like no other in this world. Once I found it the rumors and fables paled before …

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09
Dec

Innocence

When a terrorist’s bomb blew apart a national monument scattering to pieces men, women, and children, it ignited a worldwide firestorm of condemnation. The police …

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05
Dec

Inception

She was not to be believed. A beauty undefined. Amorphous warmth entering her body like a lover. Fulfilling her desire by not wanting, simply accepting. …

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