Month: August 2013

Across the plains to the west, heat lightning dragged prying fingers across the heavens, sending peels of harbinger thunder pondering towards the city. Shafts of light exploded upwards into the night sky, stamping a shimmering white cross into the ominous silver clouds; the Sign of The Cross. From the nondescript, supposedly abandoned basilica at the … Read more

Once upon a time, two hikers went for a hike in the woods. By once upon a time, I mean last week, and by hike in the woods, it was really more like a hill with some trees. Anyway, it was a beautiful day, birds were chirping, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky, … Read more

Henrietta was standing in the corner, and she didn’t know exactly why. Was it because she hadn’t wanted to share her construction paper with some of the other kids? Maybe. Was it because she’d had a temper tantrum? Maybe. Was it because she had stabbed Percival in the eye with a Laurentian crayon? Maybe. Was … Read more