Beef Case
The future is a vast and scary place, the recording says. Dead ends, dead dreams, destitution. Only if you’ve been pushing yourself hard enough do you have a chance. You have ten minutes of break. Step it up.
Fiction
It Was Too Soon To Thank God
It was like that old saying I had once heard: “Those who are about to die become Gods.”
The Tide King
After getting fired for colliding with a car turning right, Tyler went to the seediest bar he knew to console himself with filth and grime and terrible beer. He got all this plus some kind words from his tenth-grade health teacher, who was there sipping lagers.
Grandparent’s Day
Lucy might call it ironic, except, she doesn’t have a solid grasp on that term.
Safe
I don’t know. He never told or showed anyone. Not Grandma, not Dad, definitely not me.
Met God in the Backseat of a Ford Fiesta Behind a Dumpster
God’s always watching.
Arrangements
The loss of a parent is one of life’s most unforgiving tricks. But alas, your mother’s higher power has a plan. He gave your mother a lifetime with the most precious gift there is and He removed your mother from this Earth at precisely her destined moment.