The overactive imagination She had been driving for over an hour. The thick blanket of deep forest green trees choked out the blazing orange of the setting sun. Shadows like claws reached out across the road as she made her way through the forest. She saw the blood-red truck peeking through the trees. Smoke billowed… Continue reading Panic
Keys clicked beneath Meghan’s swift fingers as she finished the note on her previous patient. She was expecting a new patient today. A Reta Brown. She lifted her head from the notes at a soft knock on the door. There a woman stood. Her arms covered her chest and her eyes were downcast. To avoid… Continue reading A Light Within: Chapter One
Revised 1/23/2024 I sit on a cot, wrists shackled to a chain attached to a wall made of damp, musty rock. I walk ten steps and the chain pulls tight. The scent of damp earth and excrement fills my nose with every breath. There is squeaking and scratching from above. My skin crawls. The hairs… Continue reading Trapped
A loud knock startled Lorna awake. She squinted at her watch, only eight, and groaned. No extra sleep for her this morning. Grabbing a robe from the bathroom door, she wrapped it tight and cracked the front door. The hallway appeared empty. Confused, she went to shut it when something caught her eye. A leather-bound… Continue reading The Cliff: Chapter Three
Lorna Reaves paced the floor of her small, cozy apartment. The phone rested like a brick in her hand. Her heart squeezed tight, and her stomach twisted with knots. She had known he wouldn’t answer. Why would he? He didn’t owe her his time. She wiped the warm damp from her cool cheek. Maybe she’d… Continue reading The Cliff: Chapter Two
Jenn J Brewer 