I was tired. So impossibly tired. Life was better when I was a kid, and I longed for the days where everything was simple. Sometimes I would begin to feel sad for no reason, an overwhelming sadness my friends and even the adults in my life couldn’t understand, but then a simple nap would makeContinue reading “The Endless Journey to a Better Place”
Category Archives: Short Stories
Untethered
Do you ever feel like your life is over, and yet it’s still going? Like an old movie that’s run out of film, forgotten by a neglectful projectionist? The credits have rolled, the sound has cut, and yet the reel keeps spinning and spinning and spinning in the projector with nothing but the ghost ofContinue reading “Untethered”
I’m dead, but nobody believes me.
I’m dead, but nobody believes me. I understand that it’s a strange concept for some; that’s why I was hesitant to tell anyone at first. None of my loved ones will accept it, and I understand. Losing a sibling, a child, a friend, etc can be very difficult. Not that I can understand; I’m fortunateContinue reading “I’m dead, but nobody believes me.”
Speak
You don’t speak. You have never spoken, and you never will. You would love to speak; you have always wanted to speak. You have always wondered what your voice sounds like. You have always wondered what the voices of your mother and father sound like, and your brothers. You have always wondered what it wouldContinue reading “Speak”
Twisted Sentiments
Twisted Sentiments That’s what the newspaper headline read. I groaned; one bad joke to the cops in my state of shock as they took her away in the back of a squad car, and they were repeating it back to the media. I had unintentionally crafted the headline that would be the demise of theContinue reading “Twisted Sentiments”
Alex Keathley 