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Insidious

Home is insidious. It sneaks up on you in ways you don’t expect, becoming a part of you even if you never asked for it. I don’t like it. I don’t like feeling attached to things, and I don’t like it when things happen without my consent. Nobody does. I didn’t want to live in … Continue reading Insidious →

Charles Williams Fiction, Short Story 1 Comment February 3, 2020April 16, 2022 4 Minutes

She Is Happy

She is happy. She has always liked to do things with her hands; she has always liked to make things, and to look upon them later and say, “I made this. I accomplished something.” She still makes things, sometimes. Knitted caps or scarves or gloves. Handmade greeting cards, for birthdays and anniversaries. Simple things, perhaps, … Continue reading She Is Happy →

Charles Williams Fiction, Short Story Leave a comment January 27, 2020 3 Minutes

Gloria’s Baby

Gloria loves her baby. He is the meaning in her life; he is that which defines why she lives, and he is what she lives for. She can think of nothing else in her life that has ever meant as much as him: not her parents, not her siblings or her grandparents, and not any … Continue reading Gloria’s Baby →

Charles Williams Fiction, Short Story Leave a comment December 11, 2019April 16, 2022 2 Minutes

Ocean

Have you heard about the boy who went down to the ocean? They say he never came back. He went down to see the beach, and to dip his toes in the water. He told his momma he wanted to see what it was like. Well, he went down there, and she never saw him … Continue reading Ocean →

Charles Williams Fiction, Short Story Leave a comment December 2, 2019 1 Minute

Dress

She bought a dress to wear, in his favorite color — but she wore it only once.

Charles Williams Fiction, Short Story Leave a comment November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 1 Minute

The Ring

He has a dream where he is bound to a ring. The ring moves, but he can never tell if it advances forward, rolling along a path, or whether it simply spins around one point, taking him back again and again to the same point of space from which he started. In the dream, the … Continue reading The Ring →

Charles Williams Short Story Leave a comment October 14, 2019October 14, 2019 2 Minutes

Responsible

Today's entry is short, but it touches on delicate material. There is something she talks about to no-one. It is a thing that she did, or — a thing which was done to her. She makes no distinction between the two, most days. When she does, it is her who is responsible for the action. … Continue reading Responsible →

Charles Williams Fiction, Short Story Leave a comment October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 2 Minutes

Puzzle Box

He opened his chest to show her his heart. She did not react as he expected. Among the line of people to whom he had revealed this part of himself, none had reacted in a positive manner. He was used to polite grimaces, or blank stares, or even disgust and irritation. Most of his partners … Continue reading Puzzle Box →

Charles Williams Fiction, Short Story Leave a comment September 19, 2019September 19, 2019 2 Minutes

Substitute

It is easier, sometimes, to do that which you would rather not do, when confronted with something you want to do which is difficult, or which, for one reason or another, intimidates you. The difficulty doesn’t even really matter, in the end. It’s the intimidation. The fear of doing that thing, or of not being … Continue reading Substitute →

Charles Williams Short Story Leave a comment September 18, 2019 2 Minutes

Booker’s Garden

The collection of pots and planters that Booker keeps on his balcony is not, by some metrics, impressive. There are those who would hesitate even to call it a garden, since it is not planted in the ground, and perhaps even because it takes up such a small place. None of that matters to Booker. … Continue reading Booker’s Garden →

Charles Williams Short Story 1 Comment September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 1 Minute

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