The Boy Called “Robot” 1. The Schoolyard “Look, the robot’s here!” The taunt echoed across the sunlit courtyard of St. Augustine’s Academy, a…
The Plate at the Door Every morning, as the first light crept into our apartment hallway, we found it: the same plate, placed…
Shadows in the Black House I’ve patrolled the streets of our small city for twelve years. Most nights are quiet—routine stops, the occasional…
The Roadside Rescue I’ve seen my share of heartbreak working the morning shift at the old gas station by Route 17. Drunk drivers,…
The Bench at Six O’Clock For nearly a decade, my life was measured in evenings. At precisely six o’clock, I would walk through…
The Birthday That Broke Everything The night my world ended, laughter echoed in the background. I remember the trembling of my hands as…
The Sixth Christmas For five Christmases, I was forgotten. Not by accident, not by fate, but by the people I loved most. Each…
The Road Home The rain was relentless, a curtain of water blurring the edges of the world as I drove down the empty…
The Day I Discovered My Husband’s Secret The rain was falling softly on the city, blurring the streetlights into golden halos as I…
Breaking Free: The Day I Chose Myself Seattle was heavy with rain, the kind that blurred the world into a gray watercolor. I…