The Youngsville Raid

As the News & Observer reports, the small North Carolina town of Youngsville has stated they will continue with plans to hold their annual Christmas parade as scheduled, in spite of Governor Roy Cooper’s executive order limiting outdoor gatherings to 50 people. A bit of a debate ensued, and I found myself writing the following

The Commute

Chelsea boarded the train at the station, as she’d done hundreds of times before. Perhaps thousands. She considered that it might not be good for her mental health to dwell on exactly how many times she had gone through these exact motions. An impressive statistic can quickly become a depressing one when the viewing angle

Elysian Elegy

The song was twenty-three minutes and thirteen seconds long, and it stopped as abruptly as it began. The usual response after it ended was to continue staring in some vague, undefined direction for a few minutes more and then slowly begin moving again. There was something about the ineffable beauty of the sound that made

Apocalypse

The old man stands in front of us, gaze unwavering. “So the choice is yours. Either…”

The Cruise

1000 hoursMaintenance BayTime to start cleaning the passenger cabins. This is my favorite part of the day! I have the privilege of serving aboard the finest cruise liner ever produced, and I have the honor of ensuring that every passenger’s cabin has the cleanest floors, tidiest beds, and sparkliest bathrooms they have ever seen. I

Canary

   The alarm clock is man’s biggest enemy, Grant thought as he slapped the buzzing monstrosity. He dragged himself along the path of his morning routine, still not quite awake. As he was pulling on his clothes, though, he was jolted into wakefulness at the thought of the unfinished calculus homework due today. Why do I