Chlorine stained the concrete like blood in the glow of the pool lights. Tree limbs offered dying leaves as fall slipped away into winter.“Are there cameras?” she asked, searching the far corners of the pool yard hidden by shadows.“If so they don’t work,” he said. “This area got overlooked a […]
He woke up with wings. Two protrusions fluttered from beneath his skin. Slapping the bug in panic, he smeared blood down his arm. He took his hat and swatted a few more bloodsuckers circling around in his car. That’s what he got for sleeping with the windows down during summer.
Sitting in what might have been a graveyard, Tom was buried deep inside his head, playing the keys of his laptop. The uptown café saw less than a handful of customers the past few hours; not many people went out for late night coffee during a storm. Tom had to
