Friday, March 31, 2017

Thursday, March 30, 2017

I stared at the keyboard, then the screen, then back to the keyboard, but still nothing came.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

 Ezra had been happily haunting his former mansion for eons but now could get no rest as amateurs of all stripes (inspired by the slew of ghost-hunting TV shows) hounded him ceaselessly hoping to make contact.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Narcissism was our national disease whose virulence allowed us to export it easily.

Monday, March 27, 2017

Cat videos, it turned out, had their place in a world that had become increasingly chaotic.

Sunday, March 26, 2017

The crack and crash of the trees was the first sign that the storm was anything but ordinary.

Saturday, March 25, 2017

She never bothered pursuing her dreams, believing the soft-focus fantasy would always outshine the hard reality.

Friday, March 24, 2017

Today was the day he today was the day he would today was the day he would get today was the day he would get off today was the day he would get off the today was the day he would get off the merry-go-round.

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Sometimes drudgery was the only solution for the weight of the world.

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

She often used to feel an intoxicating sense of wonder, but this, sadly, had been replaced by a spine-tingling sense of unshakable doom.

Monday, March 20, 2017

"We've become addicted to being entertained," my actor friend told me before sheepishly going on,"and I'm part of the problem."

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Saturday, March 18, 2017

Tad hated most things and loved letting everyone know it through his Internet trolling efforts, but never realized it was himself that he truly despised.

Friday, March 17, 2017

In the end, it was the giving spirit and unbending will of the common man that mattered and not the miserly and rapacious behavior of the lords of industry who mistakenly believed themselves superior.

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Our lives seemed to hum along one day no different than the next until the evening the man with the scar on his cheek and eyes as blue as a cloudless summer morning showed up at our door.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Monday, March 13, 2017

Scanning the lavender sky just before sunrise I was filled with a renewed sense of the gifts life had to offer us if we were only brave enough to accept them.



Sunday, March 12, 2017

The cooing of the mourning doves was almost as lonesome a sound as the whine of the train whistle.

Saturday, March 11, 2017

In the waning light of the fire shadows leapt, stirring up ancient fears and the acute knowledge of being alone.

Friday, March 10, 2017

He stared at the white prison wall as if it was a movie screen and his memories a fantastic Hollywood fable.

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Darkness fell suddenly like a heavy velvet curtain and smothered our laughter.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

A deep sadness permeated the old woman and seemed to stretch out and affect those around her.

Monday, March 6, 2017

The historians laughed at the politicians who scoffed at the people.

Sunday, March 5, 2017

He stood at the ship's stern watching his homeland grow progressively smaller.

Saturday, March 4, 2017

Evan—who thought of his life as a series of twisting alleyways filled with delights and terrors in equal measure—awaited with bated breath the next surprise around the corner.

Friday, March 3, 2017

In her mind the conversations she'd had with now long-dead friends continued unabated.

Thursday, March 2, 2017

They taught us to read and write and yet we still couldn't communicate.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

The torches and stakes were replaced with teleprompters and television monitors.