by Erik K. Osbourne | Jan 15, 2014 | Snippets
I was having that dream again. *** “You wanted to be a bigger part of this story, didn’t you?” “Of course I did,” I answer, wiping a final fleck of spilled grey matter from my chin. It had taken a while to cobble myself back together,...
by Erik K. Osbourne | Jan 15, 2014 | Snippets
“Pick me apart,” I gasp, pulling him down to cover me. My eyes are dilated, my fingers just a hint of claw at his throat. I am panting as I hold his gaze. Arching up into the palm of his hand, my body begs him to touch the stitches which I guarded from him...
by Erik K. Osbourne | Jun 17, 2016 | Snippets
She was born on a rainy day, and died in the midday sun. There was a certain kind of sadness about her, even in life. It was part of her charm, the way her eyes were so wide and dark that they formed a vacuum for the soul of anyone who beheld them, how her gaze was...
by Erik K. Osbourne | Jan 15, 2014 | Snippets
When he saw the small “Roommate Wanted” ad tucked in like a footnote on the classified page of the local paper, Desya had the oddest sense that he’d just been given a sign. The morning had begun like any other, with the smell of hot oatmeal cooking...
by Erik K. Osbourne | Jan 15, 2014 | Snippets
“Yahoooooooooooooooo!” As Toriko was exiting the Strawberry Inn, a blur of orange- accompanied by a maniacal hollering and the unmistakable roar of a motorcycle engine- came hurtling up the street and skidded to a halt a few feet away from the...
by Erik K. Osbourne | Jan 15, 2014 | Snippets
“If I can’t live to see you in a wedding dress, love, at least promise me a prom dress.” Those had been Gran’s last conscious words as she’d squeezed Bree’s hand with gnarled and shaking fingers, her gaunt yellowed face a stark...
