Posts by Jeremy Ray

Once upon a time,in a poor village,to a poor family,was born the most beautiful baby.Every passing day,her beauty grew.On her 18th birthday,her family sold her.They told her she was lucky.To…

Holly prayed as she drove up the old woman’s dirt road.Gwen, her 8-year-old, never came home.None of the neighbors had seen her.No one left to ask except...​“She’s a witch, mom,…

The solar power lamp post’s warranty promised 10 years,but it has lasted nearly double.It hums with life, promising many more.A power plant fire blackened it many years agoand yet it…

"When I was a kid,I raced to get to sleepbefore the sun went down.If I wasn’t asleep by midnight at the latest,this ghost thing would come out,paralyze me,suck the fear…

That fall Paul started walking the mile home from work instead of driving.His best friend, Carl, dying of a heart attack flipped a switch,made him think about his own mortality.As…

The babawomp gililded the tuntiblee and saw the Tadoradoo gleaned. Babawomp's youngest kriddle had falunked without bidilling zu fillering again.The babawomp sadiddled into the fillering and looked into the Tadoradoo.…

CONTENT WARNING: Suicide They called my mother mentally ill after she tried to drown me as a child.She tried to explain that it was the demon inside her that did it.No…

Eight-year-old Mildred hated her name,so on her first day of school she changed it to Liz. ​​Liz brought out a rebellious side in her, but she wanted something with more beauty…

I’ve never seen someone as happy as Peter when we drove up to the abandoned cobbler shop with broken windows:“Only one person in the world at a time may know…

“Mommy, look at me, don’t I look like Daddy?”​“That’s nice honey.” ​​She keeps folding her family’s dirty laundry,the man that isn’t “Daddy” still fresh on her mind.The way he looks,the way…