All Part of the Plan

It was just after dusk and I was cold. I knew I should be scared, but I couldn’t stop noticing how beautiful the swirling police lights looked as they caught the falling snow. Read more

Editors’ Choice: Week of Nov. 21 – Nov. 25, 2011

Every week, our IndieInk Writing Challenge draws the most brilliant and imaginative writers who craft the most creative and interesting posts — and many of these submissions just knock the editors’ collective socks off. And so, the editorial staff decided to get together and select one submission weekly to feature as our “Editors’ Choice.” Read more

Hummer

The goddamn hum was relentless. He didn’t really remember when it started; or, to be precise, when he became aware of it. Read more

After the Flood

I was born Noach ben Lamech; my friends – they just called me Noah. I never saw myself as being that much different than the guy next to me; the Big Guy, on the other hand, saw things differently. He told me I was “righteous in my generation.” Read more

Milk and Honey

I. It’s not as if you are blind.

You’re not blind.

I think you cannot see the edges of things
The corners
Where one thing intersects another

Maybe this could explain
Why you couldn’t see your brother
Standing right next to you
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