I scoured all the social media sites but couldn’t find her, not that I’m a Facebook or Twitter guru. Hudson made me join earlier this summer so I didn’t cramp his style. According to him, his best friend shouldn’t be socially inept, so Hudson made my profiles, slapped the passwords in my hand, an...
I don’t remember the explosion or the pain or the loss of my two comrades. I don’t remember any of that. All I remember is the ringing. That’s what gets to me. The goddamn ringing. That was the first time Death came to see me. I was young and invincible when I looked him in the eyes and defied hi...
She turned on her side, gazing out the window of her bedroom at the glimmering shadows of the lake. The full moon reflected on the surface in a sweeping line of pale white. She closed her eyes, listening closely to the quiet thud that echoed with each bang of the canoe against the dock. Liam. She...
Delaney opened her mouth to start from the beginning - the jacket - when she heard the sound of movement in the darkness of the barn. Gunnar shot up, turning to the noise when three popping noises rang against the walls. She caught the last flash of sparks coming from the wall as she sprawled h...
I slip my phone out of my pocket one last time: 6:17. I’ve been standing on this damn dock for more than twenty minutes. I never wait for anyone, ever, but I’m still standing here waiting for this girl and her smile and eating the exact words that I said to her yesterday: There’s a first for ever...