"Don't ask me 'what'. Never ask 'what'. The answer to that won't tell you anything. It's like looking at someone's clothes and house and then pretending that you know them. All circumstance ( Read more... )

Sept. 21st, 2005When Dan got home from work, there was someone waiting for him on his front steps ( Read more... )

Sept. 12th, 2005The rain jeweled all the leaves of the tree with crystal droplets, bringing the world a rich deep gloss of colour. The tree was jade and henna, the ground beneath it dark, bitter chocolate. The hulking form of the school, half seen through the leaves, was crimson brick and inky blacktop. Ophelia breathed in deeply, trying to ( Read more... )

Apr. 2nd and May 30th, 2005

She watched the rain slide languidly over the dingy window, grey light illuminating little of the rumpled bed tucked away in one corner. A few stray strands of firey hair slid across her shoulder, sighing to rest against her pale chest, shifting downward ever so slightly with every soft breath that filled her lungs. She ( Read more... )

Sept. 27th, 2004The song on my headphones is nearly drowned out by the wailing of the train, the clear line of a woman's voice distorted. I keep my eyes on the concrete wall outside my window, for at least it's honest in its lifeless flat utility... not like the city. The wailing crescendos to a scream and then dies away as the computer evens out ( Read more... )