This one is very over the top. —————————————— Bullets in a storm. The two lone gunmen stood ten metres apart, buffeted by the unflinching rain that stormed the tiny tropical island. The sky had grown
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Ares
Ares The barrel is hot to the touch, I’m not sure how many full magazines I have left and I’m pretty sure the one in my rifle is running on empty. My eyes are stinging
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Got the stars for company.
I’ve got the stars for company. Her little cabin lit up a little too bright for a moment, tearing her focus from her screen and to the window to the side of her head. A
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Betty Lee
Betty Lee. The club was alive with the spirit of forgotten woes and the haze of cigarette smoke. The music was pumping through the establishment, shaking the ill-gotten alcohol on the shelves and somewhat confusing
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Daddy didn’t lock it away
– Daddy didn’t lock it away Thud thud. Have you ever been shot? I thought not. Or maybe you have, and my arrogance has immediately annoyed you. Well, for those that don’t know, I have,
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Jonathan
Jonathan’s mother was a nature enthusiast, like her husband. She would spend days birdwatching, walking alongside streams and rivers and enjoying her time off work under the trees and among the critters of the underbrush.
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Share a pint
Share a pint. The neon sign flickered red as it hung from the side of the building barely managing to stay attached to the bricks that it so desperately tugged on. The sky was dark
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Happy Transgressions
Happy Transgressions Jonathan’s stay in Bihar was going… Well let’s just say not as well as expected. He hadn’t had a drink in the two weeks that had stayed there, and his recent paintings didn’t
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My dream.
My dream. His brush sails smoothly across his white canvas, the early morning glow of a midwinter’s morning casts a perfect golden glow upon his work and the birds chirp in the canopies of
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Serve like your Father
Serve like your father. Love like your Mother. Be like your Brother. The words are poignant, ringing in your ears like the shockwave of that mortar blast. What are you thinking? What are you feeling?
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