Posts by Jeremy Ray

“Do something,” screeches the woman as the EMT, Julio, kneels over the choking man.It just hit Julio how he knows the husband and wife; they refused to make his and…

I lived here those years Celeste vanished. People reported seeing her. But never a picture. A picture of Celeste woulduh sold for millions.Imagine my surprise when I open this balcony,…

One by one the hot sun dissolvedthe little water puddle’s friends away.​Though the puddle had seen better dayswith clearer waters, it did not want to leave the earth like them.Being…

Marjorie slides off her space suit.“Glenda, play: Home.”“Certainly dear,” says Glenda, her spaceship.Glenda’s red lights dim. Marjorie slides into her only remaining Earth dress, made of spider silk.Glenda’s mirror-scaled walls rotate…

Phelia hums as she plugs the tub. It’s the first time she’s alone in the house.She pours epsom salt in the bath and runs the water.Phelia hears the whispering as…

I hated my mom as a kid. Of course Dad went from happy to brooding; she lectured him all the time about eating candy.We were allowed some. Why wasn’t he?…

The woman petted the newly adopted cat as her husband drove. “To lose both owners…”Powder had been distraught over losing Mira. It understood its ailing owner had to do with…

Eileen stared at sleeping Trent as the sun rose.This face once made her shudder. And now?The sun’s tangerine rays spread over his large ear,slid down his craggy cheek,moving over his…