Posts by Jeremy Ray

For days, Carla lay in bed, staring at the ceiling. She thought she was over the contentious divorce… until she awoke and it was November; the holidays were coming. She hugged…

My normally loving mother, Gladys, would get hostile anytime I asked about my birth parents.​My secret search stopped when Gladys got cancer.​When Momma died, I vowed that was that... until…

Spell-bound, Violet listened to the homeless-looking violinist with hearts tattooed on his fingers. He gave her a wink as her mother dragged her away.​“You think he’s good?” said her mom.…

Tilda gasps awake. She had that dream. The one where Jack looms over her with a butcher knife and begins hacking away.​ Jack’s asleep. His breaths are deep and rhythmic.…

“Don’t listen to him. We’d love a garden,” Hattie insisted, glaring at her husband as the old lady hobbled away.​“The neighborhood is famous for her gardens. Why’d you say no?”​“She…

It took a while for Beauty to be convinced that Frog was a prince. But she took care of him.They shared heartaches.They laughed.They cried.​“You see me like no other,” said…

As the time strikes 12:03 pm: Lillian’s teacher-mother randomly freezes at the chalkboard. Lillian’s taxi-driver-father randomly pulls over with his passenger. Lillian’s brother randomly calls to apologize for their fight,…

Scientists set up a glass tube: a marshmallow floated on water inside.Crows,then chimps,then orangutans were shown that dropping rocks made the water rise.Each species got the marshmallow eventually.​When it was…