Damaged Girls (revised)

Beth and Lacy started out as friends in the Ninth grade because they had to. Nobody else would have them. Beth was on her fifth city in ten years with her military father and reclusive mother while Lacy had been “re-zoned” into Lincoln high by a matter of ten feet on some city hall map [...]

Secret Wish

Her rosebud cheeks and dancing eyes gleamed against the soft glow in the dark room. Hushed whispers of anticipation all around her and she sucked in with a mighty pull, hesitated briefly and then blew as hard as she could.
The room exploded with laughter and clapping but her face was troubled as the lights [...]

Kirschbaum’s Folly

Kirschbaum placed the flowers on the bedside table closest to the window and pondered their varied, colorful life as he listened to the raspy breath behind him. The sigh from his mouth was deep as he turned and sat down to face the dying old man lying withered and sleeping in the only bed of [...]