We hugged
I shamble in from a brisk cold spring morning still kissed by winters spell. The second I enter the establishment the smell assaults my senses. The garlic, the cheap plastic, the baby vomit. Ah Chuck E Cheeses. Where kids can be kids. If only 25 years ago I had known. There I stood again in the now occupied space that once housed the arcade classics we had been accustomed to in the early nineties. And now here I was again a full grown man of 36, no longer just a chubby young lad on the cusp o...
We hugged
I shamble in from a brisk cold spring morning still kissed by winters spell. The second I enter the establishment the smell assaults my senses. The garlic, the cheap plastic, the baby vomit. Ah Chuck E Cheeses. Where kids can be kids. If only 25 years ago I had known. There I stood again in the now occupied space that once housed the arcade classics we had been accustomed to in the early nineties. And now here I was again a full grown man of 36, no longer just a chubby young lad on the cusp o...
When Chuck Died
So, my father had a best friend, his name is Chuck (a nickname from his last name Ciekoweiz) Chuck was the closest thing I had to an effective uncle, I have real uncles, 3 in fact but they were nonfactors in my life. Chuck was there though... chuck was always there. I caught my 1st turtle with him, he taught me how to fish for trout, he taught me to love breakfast diners and camping and cats and all sorts of things...Chuck was the only other male in my life who was like a father figure. Chuck...
When Chuck Died
So, my father had a best friend, his name is Chuck (a nickname from his last name Ciekoweiz) Chuck was the closest thing I had to an effective uncle, I have real uncles, 3 in fact but they were nonfactors in my life. Chuck was there though... chuck was always there. I caught my 1st turtle with him, he taught me how to fish for trout, he taught me to love breakfast diners and camping and cats and all sorts of things...Chuck was the only other male in my life who was like a father figure. Chuck...
When my little brother died.
I lay awake all night dreading the day to come. My face was numb with wear. I had never known such grief. Only a few hours before I was beating my poor fists bloody against the front door to my parents home, from inside the house as my mother wailed. "you're brothers gone, he’s gone" she wailed. The sound of her voice will haunt my dreams until the end of my life. He had done it finally. He took that final step and took us all with him, anchored heart to heart into the darkness. I had ta...
When my little brother died.
I lay awake all night dreading the day to come. My face was numb with wear. I had never known such grief. Only a few hours before I was beating my poor fists bloody against the front door to my parents home, from inside the house as my mother wailed. "you're brothers gone, he’s gone" she wailed. The sound of her voice will haunt my dreams until the end of my life. He had done it finally. He took that final step and took us all with him, anchored heart to heart into the darkness. I had ta...
The Devils Hopyard
Chapter 1: Old Friend In the grip of her fevered madness the nightmare hallucinations took their toll. Raw unadulterated mania turned eyes, once of blue sapphire to the deepest unrepentant pits of tartarus. The pupils now seemed expanded beyond what ought to have been possible. In addition, the snarling feral mouth hung contorted and chewed by chipped pink canine teeth. The salty cracked lips split in various jagged tectonic slivers, the paleness of those lips only contrasted by the inner pin...
The Devils Hopyard
Chapter 1: Old Friend In the grip of her fevered madness the nightmare hallucinations took their toll. Raw unadulterated mania turned eyes, once of blue sapphire to the deepest unrepentant pits of tartarus. The pupils now seemed expanded beyond what ought to have been possible. In addition, the snarling feral mouth hung contorted and chewed by chipped pink canine teeth. The salty cracked lips split in various jagged tectonic slivers, the paleness of those lips only contrasted by the inner pin...
