Gone with the Flesh After a close call with a zombie horde, Will and Zack form an uneasy alliance with Ernest—an intelligent zombie who retains his mind but not his hunger. With limited supplies and no clear plan, the three head deeper into the woods in search of gas, knowing the arrangement is temporary… and…
“It all started with: I want to show you my recording.” Of course it always does. It was one of those days: hubby decided he wanted to publish his first audio recording. Not his essay. Not his words. Not the stuff he actually wrote in his own voice. No. He picked Invictus. Because apparently every…
The Eastgate Chronicles “…and I’m telling you, Torrik,” Merrit hissed as he ducked behind a splintered wagon, “if the bridge collapses, it’s because you’ve been eating your own cooking again.” The dwarf’s beard bristled like a stormcloud. “Cooking? Lad, I’ve not cooked a day in my life — and why you still have teeth.” An…
The Best Gift Never Received – The Final Episode A few months passed. Tina’s treatment was going well. She wore her glasses less now, not because she didn’t need them, but because she could see better without them. She didn’t say much about it. She just smiled more. Mother’s Day came quietly. Spring had finally…
Gone with the Flesh Stranded on a quiet stretch of Highway 12 after running out of gas, Will and Zack discover that the forest isn’t empty—and the dead aren’t staying dead. What starts as a desperate escape from a slow-moving horde turns into something far worse when one of them breaks the rules: it runs,…
Always Early, Always Forgotten The other day, I became a statue in a chiropractor’s waiting room.Not on purpose. It just happened. I checked in early, like I always do. “Early” is my brand — it’s my toxic trait, my unpaid internship in punctuality. I slid into a chair by the side table stacked with glossy magazines. Not…
Gone with the Flesh The song was terrible. “Armies of hungry people, bodies made of flesh,Marching like ants and they never rest…” It crackled through Zack’s phone speaker as we walked the shoulder of Highway 12, pine trees crowding the road on both sides. “Turn it off,” I said. “It’s vintage,” Zack said. “Old zombie…
To Fix My Own Damn Website There comes a moment in every woman’s life when she realizes that the people who built the software she relies on were absolutely not breastfed long enough. Mine arrived somewhere between the sixth 404 error, the third phantom paywall from WordPress-but-not-WordPress, and the part where SaaS monster tried to convince…
Episode 5 Previously from Episode 4 The beginning of a relationship always feels like momentum — fast, bright, breathless. But Episode 5 is where that momentum shifts. Where decisions get heavier. Where love becomes something lived rather than imagined. Freshman year is behind Adam and Kelsey, and for the first time in their young lives,…
When the tracking system lies — and the boxes stage a revolt. It began with a whisper from the logistics void, then snowballed into a mutiny. Someone claimed four packages had gone rogue — four. Not one polite box misrouted by a sleepy driver, but a full-blown exodus. Apparently, they “qualified” for next-day delivery on their…
