This is a ghost story that takes place in an academic library, where there are floors and floors of book stacks, very close together. The floor is made up of thick glass tiles – so thick you can’t see through them, yet you know you are walking on glass, and, if the tiles should break, [...]
The Pillowcase
The motel room was dimly lit and stank of cigarettes. She sat down on the double bed nearest the heavily-curtained window and peeled back the bedspread. On one of the cushions she noticed a faint stain, the outline of a spreadeagled person, like a gingerbread man, left behind by a previous occupant. It was much faded [...]
Phlegm – In Honor of Flash Fiction
Jacob was sauntering down the refuse-studded street early one morning on his way to school when he noticed a glob of phlegm perched like a seagull on the apex of a military statue, in the middle of the sidewalk, regal and pristine in its aloneness. He stopped and studied it for awhile, knowing better than [...]
