Posts by Jeremy Ray

I slide open the “wall”. The thin bedsheet barely covers his nude flesh. He glistens from the hot summer night.​ “AC’s broke,” I had lied, handing him the motel keys.…

Even the birthday boy circled around Ryan as he told stories about his secret agent dad and world-famous paleontologist mom, who looked like Scarlett Johansson and discovered a dinosaur in…

10,000 years and 4000 generations ago, Janu Oden, Son of God, dried to dust on two intersecting light beams. Depictions of his death flickered on every house. Janu had traveled…

His best friend Toby and girl Sabrina exchange looks.“Admit it.” Jay says mid-belch. “You’re fucking.”“Not again!” Sabrina sighs.“It’s written on your faces.”“Bro, you say this shit every time you’re smashed,”…

His best friend Toby and girl Sabrina exchange looks. “Admit it.” Jay says mid-belch. “You’re fucking.” “Not again!” Sabrina sighs. “It’s written on your faces.” “Bro, you say this shit…

Everyone loved Barbara and her “million dollar smile.” Everyone but Judith. ​ Anytime Barbara smiled, Judith's head pounded. With every smile, the pounding grew. Judith had to do something! ​…

Upon the road of life I walked With pencil grasped in hand And saw the wonder of the world That grew upon the land   By chance my eyes did…

Through the window, Kinsey’s eyes scour for something, anything, that is not the cloud of death on its way.There’s a… bird. Kinsey clears soot from her eyes. But it’s really…

“Childish,” said Ty’s artist father, crumpling up another of his son’s drawings of the creature with horns before tossing it in the trash. Ty drew until everyone at school agreed…

“Keep this up, and sky’s the limit,” said her boss. Shelah did the work of three, taking her work home, never claiming a sick day. “Sky’s the limit,” mouthed her…