All tagged fiction

Cold Start

This platform is old and wooden planks, streaked in yellow paint and sprinkled in piles of salt. We wait. We sniffle. We breathe steam into the dry and jagged morning air.

Updates from the Water Cooler

On Tuesday, Tim brought a picture of his baby in a baseball uniform. Did you see it? Well, his baby’s name is Dean, and Tim put the caption, “Deanball,” which is a play on “beanball” and made everyone laugh. It was adorable.

Glimmers

The second day of rain in the early summer. Through the apartment windows, Christian hears diesel engine downshifts. Car tire puddle splashes. Squeaky brakes coming to a slow stop. The sounds as the world shuttles itself through a gray, rainy dawn.