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Weekly Contest #98
After the earthquake, I returned to find my building in shambles. I’d been up north for a bit to escape. Not that I wanted to. Think of it like a forced vacation. I had no other choice, really, when he decided to end things. What else was I supposed to do? Sit alone in my apartment and drink? No thanks. And of course, as my luck would have it, the day before I decided to return to my shoebox of an apartment was the day of Northridge 2.0. No, it wasn’t a 2.0 on the Richter Scale, nor was it as bad as it could’ve been for a 5.5. ...
Weekly Contest #97
Why is she getting in the van, it’s 12:30 at night? I peered through the blinds on my bedroom window, careful not to let her see me. She sat in the blue minivan, dressed in a blouse, hair and bangs curled in her 1980s style, as if she were headed to practice. Slowly, she backed out of the driveway and sped off down the street. I stared at our now empty driveway. Where would she go this time of night? Daddy is out of town. “So I was looking through your phone earlier…” Mommy said as we raced down the 5, surrounded by ...
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