humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
The Accidental Gift
She was a giver of gifts. Her greatest life pleasure often came from the hours she spent pondering, scheming and plotting. The delight of choosing just the right gift. The anticipation of the perfect, often stealthy, delivery filled her quiet soul with a sense of fulfillment. Possibly unbeknownst to even her own consciousness was the fact that her very deepest joys were caught up in the tangle of thoughts devising the best presentation and choosing her next unsuspecting victim.
By Maria Calderoni5 years ago in Humans
Crumbs
Sharla removed the clear plastic lid from the container of Italian style panko breadcrumbs to find the foil seal along the rim to be opened half way. She had just bought it a few days ago and, knowing she had not opened it, concluded that someone in the store had.
By Emily Mazan5 years ago in Humans
Blue Light Special
Audra wove through the oppressive crowd trying to get to the subway steps. She was late. Late for her meeting, and late with the new chapters of her book. She had been having this crazy block with her latest book. She truly thought it had something to do with the weird dreams she had been having for the past month, but she couldn’t seem to write a word she liked. And this morning she was exhausted, she had stayed up all night to push something out just to appease Janet, her ever pushy agent. It wasn’t like she was falling down on her job. She had put out a book a year for the last three years. It was just the fact that everyone was clamoring for this sequel had Janet’s panties in a wad.
By Dwon Davis5 years ago in Humans
A New Adventure
The apartment, if such a small dwelling could be called an apartment, was actually the top floor of an old book shop on the corner of Church and Old Lovelace. Most buildings on the block had long since been abandoned but the shop remained open. Its plate glass window was simply stamped with the word “BOOKS” in fading gold paint.
By Sara Zaidi5 years ago in Humans
The Lock Box
She sat stoically in front of the blazing fire, her face a mixture of emotions that ran rampant as she stared at the small lock box before her on the massive walnut desk. It was his desk and his lock box. She barely wanted to touch it less alone be in the same room with it. But she had no choice in the matter. She had a responsibility to confront what lay within the confines of the box. What secrets would it divulge, she wondered?
By Cindy Calder5 years ago in Humans
The Dog Park
As the blinding brightness draws closer, I’m captivated by the beauty of the eerily impending danger-mesmerized by something that I can’t stop; but may have unwittingly set into motion. I’ve heard before you die your life flashes before your eyes. I’ve never believed it- how many people do you know that died have lived to tell you about it? But today I get to see if the myth lives up to the hype.
By Andrea Cummings5 years ago in Humans
The Lost Treasure
Dr. Samuel Lee took a swig of water from his Camelbak and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his wrist. The summer heat in the middle of the jungle was starting to wear him down – and the heavily packed rucksack definitely wasn’t helping. Dr. Lee slashed his way through a growth of vines with his silver machete, inherited from his late grandfather and renowned treasure hunter, Sir Jameson P. Lee. Lee’s grandfather discovered a sunken ship, captained by the infamous pirate Blackbeard, off the coast of Argentina with around $2.5 million worth of pirate plunder – including this silver machete.
By Sam Starkman5 years ago in Humans
