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Justin Deming's avatar

On the Run, fiction

The thorny briar patch pierced Manny’s skin like snake bites. He barreled toward the river and spotted tulips in bloom.

Spring had always been her favorite season.

Footsteps tore into the woods. “Freeze!”

The young fugitive took a deep breath and added it to his list of regrets.

Then he dove.

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Scott MacLeod's avatar

Cutting Class/Fiction

The coarse sophomore embodied the season of rising sap. Unwisely approached the farmer’s daughter saucily, snickered, “We’re up to the chapter on plant reproduction in biology class. You look to be in full bloom.”

Rachel shouldered the shears conspicuously. “Pay close attention when you get to the chapter on pruning.”

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