Ghost Parachute

John dabs his neck with a handkerchief, one from his father’s monogrammed set. The cotton is of a quality one doesn’t find nowadays, worn fine by the years. Composure restored, he folds the handkerchief and tucks it into his pocket. Although the weather is hot for walking and his scalp is starting to burn, the […]

Instead of an urn, she has a bottle of Xanax with his name on it. She places the bottle on the pillow next to her. She laughs. It’s like he’s there. She needs him closer. Close as he can get. She needs him inside. She reaches for the bottle. She starts with four, washing them […]

The man resembled a bear with his awkward posture and clumsy gait. He lumbered over and gazed at the girl with his dark beady eyes. ‘Drink?’ he said. The girl wasn’t sure they’d click, physically anyway. When it came to animals, she was more of a deer and she imagined her slender frame might snap […]

The storm was just the catalyst. Plenty of towns shared our confluence of industrial waste, saltwater, and lightening. People drowned all over the place after Hurricane Gaspare, but zombie outbreaks only happened in prison towns. The convicts drowned. Those who zombified were uncharged (that is before the lightening!), so innocent in the eyes of the […]

(I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this, I really am, but I’m afraid there’s nothing we can do about it now.)   One died on a Friday in June just a few years ago. It was the magic hour, and the whole world was awash in honey light. At least he had […]

They slept on couches, park benches, a urine-stained recliner on the porch of a hospice in Valdosta, Georgia. Back seats, hatchbacks, haylofts, high school gyms, a treadmill somewhere in Florida. They did it for the band. Nallie once slept strapped to the top of the PunkVan, speeding down I-95 towards Richmond, VA, waking with a […]