Miki whispers “Daddy” into the dark, as she has on the cusps of the last seven midnights. The dark breathes back onto her. Her hand reaches up to the shelf beside the bed and presses the large pebbled button on her alarm clock. A thin voice says, “It is eleven-fifty-six p.m.” Each word’s tail is […]
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Tyler shot a foamy jet of roach spray into his laughing mouth. He sprang up from the basement floor and lifted his fists toward the unfinished ceiling, gargling a pop song. An old cloak the color of buttered toast hung off his shoulders, ending in tatters above his knees. “Swallow it,” Meribeth said. Her eyes […]
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Ira switched off the lamp and stretched his legs out under the covers with soft gasps. His arthritis nibbled at him. Outside, rain droned against the roof, washed their wooded acres in a gray blanket. He thought abstractly of what he would do tomorrow. The garden, maybe. “Good night, love,” he murmured to his wife. […]
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Real Life has swallowed Fiction Life these last few months, so this website has been lonely. I’ve still been pecking away at the keyboard, but not nearly with the frequency I’d planned for this year. Still, there have been happenings. Thus, a quick summation: My story “True Life 50 Miles” has been published in the […]
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As the title of this post so subtly hints, I’ve sold two new stories recently. Unlikely Story will be publishing “Bookends” in their annual Journal of Unlikely Entomology. It’s a story of grief and a paralyzing decision, costarring periodical cicadas. The issue will be out in November. I’m looking forward to the strange and interesting imaginings of […]
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Having started a new job and better career path back in December, this whole writing thing has fallen by the wayside in recent months. Is it too late for a New Year’s resolution? Even though it wasn’t mentioned here at the time, my excitement about the publication of Shock Totem‘s latest issue was just as huge […]
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Michael Wehunt 