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Weekly Contest #104
“Are you coming tonight?” Henry stood at her home’s threshold, dusk bleeding over the sky behind. He leaned against the door frame. The evening drew a silent breeze. She stood, turned away from him with a hood over her head, as if in a thrall. A chair sat beside her desk, indented from months of sitting. The computer screen and keyboard were cloaked in dust. Shades covered each window—all except for one. She had been staring out it for hours, watching her reflection wane with the dawn. He put his hands in his pocket as the wind howled. She...
Weekly Contest #103
Tentative Steps The building lies before her. Her watch tells that she is twelve minutes early. People crowd in and out of the entryway. She whispers apologies as she bumps into a few, making her way through the threshold. She had imagined this place many times: a life deified by dream. She expected a grand lobby and the decorous workers, all revealed upon her path. As she enters, her gaze traces the walls and people. The paint is an irritating yellow. No one pays attention to her. She exchanges sparse words with the person at the desk, h...
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