It was the wrong color paint. It was close, but this wasn’t horseshoes or hand grenades. I knew it wasn’t quite right last night, but I told myself it just wasn’t dry yet, that it would look different in daylight. It would match.I lied to myself.I brush my fingers along the now two-tone wall. Bone... Continue Reading →

I wanted to paint his hair from the second he sat down across from me. Jet black. Just long enough to fall in waves across his forehead and brush against his brows. I think he spoke as he sat, but I was too busy imagining the stroke of my brush against canvas, recreating those waves,... Continue Reading →

I’ve spent my whole life waiting for someone to see me. I’ve just wanted one person to look at me, see what I can do, and reward me for it. I haven’t been looking for a big reward. I only need some small sign that I’ve really been seen. Give me the job, the promotion,... Continue Reading →

Tink.Tink.My eyes fly open. I look first to the window, which is blissfully empty, then to the clock’s glowing red numbers. 2:00. Of course it’s two in the morning. That’s always when the rocks hit my window. Well, it used to be. It’s been months since the last time.I look again to the window, searching... Continue Reading →

“Who in their right mind does speed dating on Valentine’s Day?” I asked Callie as I buckled myself into the passenger seat of her tiny red car. What I really meant was “How in the hell did I let you talk me into going speed dating ever, especially today?”Speed dating always seemed a bit desperate,... Continue Reading →