Word-At-A-Time-Blog

Morgan Derd was determined. As a  young child, Pixar had taught him he could be anything he wanted, no matter what. Today, as a young man of 23, he wanted very much to be a guy who could skateboard up a flight of stairs holding a glass of sangria with an umbrella in it. He … Read more

There was a giraffe in the swimming pool. At least that’s what Janella thought she’d seen out the kitchen window over the sink. She walked over to the Keurig, got herself a coffee pod, stuck it in the thing and hit the button. From this vantage point, as the coffee poured, she yawned. The smell … Read more

Horatio Noergh had been looking forward to this day for months. Wetsuit? Check! He’d lived so close to the Pacific Ocean for years, and had never spent any time in it. Flippers? Check! He’d always had a weird phobia about the Pacific. Oxygen tank. Check! Today, after six years of hypnotic therapy, he knew the … Read more