Category: The Pocket Muse

Midnight, and a car sat idling in an empty parking lot, lights off. Inside, Marty sat stewing on thrilling throughts of conspiracy. His heart raced, and the ghostly building loomed large in front of him. I can still back out, he thought, somehow also knowing that he was lying to himself. He was simply too…

Christina’s phone buzzed in her pocket. Pulling it out, she looked at the screen: unknown caller. Pressing the side button – silencing the call and sending it to voicemail – she shoved it back into her jeans. Momemts later, it buzzed again, and again, she pulled it out and looked at the screen: unknown caller.…

A deafening crash shook the fort around them Dust loosened from forgotten places rock walls creaked and settled Then a deathly silence consumed all of them as the realization hit the enemy had arrived early they were under attack Chaos errupted in a volcanic din of emergency bells screaming families and commanders desperately trying both…

“The meaning of life, you ask?” The old sage mumbled quietly, though Orion had no memory of asking. Then, seemingly to themself, the sage continued in their mumblings, “Perhaps a wiser one than I would refrain…” Orion’s heart strummed in anticipatory impatience, and as the mumblings rambled into indistinguishable clues, she cast her eyes around…

Closing his eyes, lying there in a nearly-meditative state on the sweaty bench, Mark’s sense of hearing seemed to sharpen. The clamor of various bars and weights being lifted and dropped, grunts and expelled breaths from strained bodies, and the squeak of sneakers all ascended to the forefront of his mind, and he couldn’t help…

Racket, snug, green, spoon, boggle, snake Carlos snaked all over the court, ever chasing the ball greening sharply over the net, challenging his agility and the soles of his shoes. Thwack! He racketed the ball – that is, he boggled it between the end of the strings and the rim of his instrument. In a great, unpredictable arc, the…

Speckled darness beats on Freezing air relentlessly drains Illumed window and insulated wall Each harboring a finally-stilled heart Bitter black longs to (re)-infect Frozen gail curses artificial mockery That flutters scrawled pages Each harboring a seed, a hope Insulated in dirty words