The following was written for Germ’s May Writing Challenge. While I sit here the only thing I can think of is how much it is …
Emergency Poodle Skirt Hunting by Mary Elizabeth Brown
The following was written for Germ’s May Writing Challenge. I pull up to the crooked curb outside her house and wait. I hate the bent …
Part 6: How Mrs. Johnson’s Home for Broken Boys Came to Be by Jerri Sparks
The 6th installment in Mrs.Johnson’s Home for Broken Boys. There have only been two people I couldn’t save in all of the encounters I’ve had …
NaNoWriMo Finish Line
Hey, Germs! We’ve come to the end of NaNoWrimo. After thirty days of writing, how many words have you cranked out? I dropped out this …
Part 5: A Hard Landing — Jimmy Returns by Jerri Sparks
The 5th installment in Mrs.Johnson’s Home for Broken Boys. On my last day in North Carolina I could hardly sleep. I was about to …
NaNoWriMo Check In
Hey, Germs! We’re in the month of November, which means we have officially begun National Novel Writing Month. I’m doing alright, and I’m enjoying the …
The Opposite of Ending by Arielle Trager
As each day stretched me further from the first, I began to think that you never really fall out of love. I began to think …
Part 4: LA by Jerri Sparks
The 4th installment in Mrs.Johnson’s Home for Broken Boys. The morning after Randy Brown and I broke up, I drove to my parents’ home in …
Daughter Dawn by Michael Lee Johnson
Daughter Dawn Christine wakes under gray cracked South Bend, Indiana skies. Date is November 3, 1965, Memorial Hospital. The moon moves back, shelters this infant. …