Fiction: The kid and the job search

The car pulled up to the front of the big box store, and the young man jumped from the cold pavement into the warm passenger seat. He looked over at his mother, who smiled genuinely as only somebody who loved and protected this fiercely could. “How’d it go, Stevie?” she finally managed through a tight…

Sam watches the world go by on Sept. 9

Sam sits on the stoop, cup of coffee warming her hands, aroma stirring her senses, thoughts bombarding her brain. Another Sept. 9 in my beloved city. Happy Birthday to Me! Made it again. Would you look at those people scurrying here and there! The coming of Autumn may be robbing us of our daylight, but…

Eclectic Corner Fiction: The Bar and The Ring

Justine at Eclectic Odds N Sods throws a weekly party of prompts in which she tempts bloggers to add to her foundation with photographs or words. She calls in I Love Eclectic Corner. You can find the latest installment here. She writes of a painter, a woman at her easel in the field of her…