Newborn

“Help me, help me please!” Adrian begged of the Tarot reader, “Someone is trying to kill me.” The Reader responded: “I don’t understand. Did you call the police?” “No, no,” said Adrian. “It’s not like that. It’s, it’s supernatural. I am asking for help. For your help. Something or someone is after me. I need…

The Detached

“There are no such things as ghosts,” said Aunt Isabel in a straightforward, definitive statement. “Do you understand, Celestina?” asked the aunt. Celestina, a girl of ten, nodded her head. “But what about Daldal’s story about the Detached?” she asked. Daldal is Aunt Isabel’s lady’s maid, and lives in a bungalow outside of Isabel’s plantation…

Faded Film

“What’s this?” said Mickey pulling a film out of its can. It was an old film – plastic-based, 35 millimeter, 16 frames per second – likely from the 1900s through the 1910s. It’s condition – poor and brittle. Mickey worked for the Studio as a one of their film restorers. His main job was to…

The Monument

One month after his wife’s burial, Lionel was once again at her grave. As before, he spent his time grieving, hurting. Being there seemed to be the only solace he could find these days. Kneeling with his face pressed against the ground, tears welled from his eyes and wet the grass. Wanting to be ever…

Clouds

It was blue. Like most sunny days, the sky gleamed its blue refracted light. The only mar in the sea of blue was a cloud, small, puffy, and unassuming. Dolly looked worried. After the brief distraction, she put the car in park, got out, and grabbed a satchel from the passenger seat. It slipped from…

Periphery

I see my eye looking back at me! Heavily drugged and nerves numbed, I’m in a darkened surgery office ready to get started. My head is encased in a thick, mechanical device designed specifically to hold me steady. Armed with sensors, lenses and lasers, the device is about to begin its de facto precision work….