Fiction

Troubled Tim

For the first time-in what felt like a long time, I felt like the world was falling before me and I was plummeting to my death, but I knew that was all an illusion; but the world was falling, theoretically at least.

Greg was an ok student. He has average grades and a couple of friends that he hangs out with from time to time. Well everyone has had a bad day right?

Reina was always very clumsy, forgetful, and ditsy. If she was walking on the smoothest marble floor in the world, she would fall and hurt her knee. If she tied her shoelaces her laces would come undone in a matter of seconds.

Veracka

        A dark and stormy night: while fitting, was not accurate. This day was instead bright and rested around 95 degrees, according to the man's phone.

I walked past a crumbling stone wall; it was covered in moss, and acorn shells littered between the rocks showed that squirrels had once been there. The stone wall ended, leaving a gap between where the wall would start up again.

        For the first time, I was beginning to understand what life is all about. Sitting in that jazz club seemed to bring an ethereal feeling to me. It was as though each instrument struck a chord deep within my soul.

    There is a tree in my backyard.

It was a strange new years tradition, really. I'd never quite understood why I'd repeated it year after year especially given the dubious origin of the practice.

True to its name, Blackberry woods bordered the neighbouring houses with a thick, prickly cover of berry bushes. From the outside, it seems that some pine trees and blackberries are the only things worth noticing.