Posts by Jeremy Ray

I knew Bella was our dog the first day I laid eyes on her at the shelter. They said she was shy, but we hit it off immediately. It took time to get her used…

CONTENT WARNING: Language It’s Florida, everything’s weird in Florida. But I was fine with helpin’ Lana with her joke on her man, till she hit him over the head with a fryin’ pan. But I done already…

I can’t sleep. I have trouble sleeping since I looked evil in the eyes. It was three years ago, but I still remember clearly looking into those orbs that were not rooted in place by a…

CONTENT WARNING: Animal Cruelty, Animal Death Taj wanted to fly me to his town home in Perth. I refused. I wouldn’t leave Jim, my beloved cockatoo. He’d panic whenever I wasn’t by his side. He was…

October 3rd 2019, aliens sent humanity a courtesy message: prepare for hostile takeover, January 2nd, 2020. When the day came, across the time zones, eyes and weapons rose to the sky.  Nothing happened. No spaceships. No aliens.Was it an…

12-year old Carol’s mother always tells her to mind her own business. But as she heard the commotion and saw the people staring into the alley, she couldn’t help herself. Three 16 year-olds were beating up a…

The leafy plant waited in anticipation to have its flower heads bloom. It wanted to know what kind of flower in the garden it would turn into. Would it be a white rose, a red…

They said I was wasted potential.  My parents.  My teachers.  The admissions counselors.   That college was out of reach for me.  They said it served me right:  for skipping school …

Life had limitless possibilities five minutes ago. Sure, my two kids narrowed life choices, but there were still possibilities. If we hadn't moved. If Tom would have let me take that part-time job. But no. He…

The caterpillar crawled from leaf to leaf desperate to satiate the hunger. No leaf would satisfy. The more it ate, the more it grew, the more it hungered. Then came the day that it was so fat…