Solus – 4: The Walrus
(Haven’t read any of Solus yet? First off, shame on you. Second, let’s start with Chapter 1) [Paul’s Log – Day 702] Fingernails are a very strange. They’re like small pieces of plastic extending from the tips of your hands. That’s a simile. Comparing my fingernails to plastic. Some would say it’s a metaphor. Up […]
Solus- 3: Birth-Day
(First time here? How about we start with Chapter 1) [Paul’s Log – Day 696] I finished the educational building today. School, I suppose, is what it will be called. Nova and Stellar have some items to finalize on the mechanical side of things. Running some wires. Testing out some computer equipment. But the building […]
Solus – 2: Rainbows
(Chapter 2 of my NaNoWriMo novel Solus. If you haven’t read part one, I’d suggest starting there.) [Paul’s Log: Day 694] Hello, it’s Paul again. Why do I keep beginning like that? I mean, who else would it be? It says Paul’s Log at the top. This is my computer in my room. Granted, there’s no […]
Solus – 1: My Name Is…
(Hello. Every year, there is this thing called National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) where writers from the across the world attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in just 30 days. For my second year of trying to do this, I’ve decided to share each chapter as it’s completed. In other words, anyone in the […]
Coffee Shop Writing #5: Falling Back into the Habit
The trees were greener last time I sat here. I watched as their leaves, now faded to red, brown and burnt orange, were pulled off one by one by small gusts of wind. Leaves are like the hair of trees, I thought to myself. And winter is their haircut. My writing brain was not operating at […]
Coffee Shop Writings #4: Little Things
(If this is your first time, start here.) Jerimus lightly touches the stab wound on his thigh and winces. He is bleeding out. An hour and a half in, and there were fifteen words on the screen before me. I had the day off. I had arrived to the coffee shop early. I’m going to write 20 […]
Coffee Shop Writings #3: A Beautifully Ordinary Moment
(As always, from the pages of Preston Carr – Timothy) Did you see that trailer? I’m not sure why I do that. I don’t try. It’s just…how I am? I wouldn’t say it’s being dishonest. Just trying to keep it together. Hey, I have plans actually, sorry. I know, I think I peed a […]
It’s Okay to Love Something You’ve Made
Remember when you were a kid? A few feet tall, little fingers, little toes, messy hair, zero idea of what fashion was. I remember my childhood pretty well. I loved to draw. Any given day, if there was paper with a blank space in front of me, and I had a pen or pencil, I’d go […]
Forgotten Headphones (Distractions and Excuses)
There’s some foreign tune rattling the Starbucks speakers above me. Behind, two guys laugh and joke about their adventures the night before. Beside me, a man attempts to sell a couple on something. Insurance, I think. Their voices blend together with a dozen others, occasionally joined by espresso machines spewing steam and metal measuring cups clanging against a […]
FIREWORKS (a poem on friendship)
We burn brightest when we’re together. Our sparks erupt like joyous laughter, When we take flight and light the dark, Shining memories in our arc. As distance grows, our fires fade, Each of us goes our separate ways. We drift along into the night, Remembered only upon closed eyes. We reached for stars, our destinies […]