Continue On Saturdays

The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: Have you ever seen a floor covered in blood? At first glance there is a simple beauty to it and how it contrasts with the white linoleum. It doesn’t immediately register that what you’re looking…

The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: He was lying face down on the raft. At first we thought he was sleeping with his head using the inflated side as a pillow and one hand hanging over grazing the water’s edge but…

The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: It was 1986. The Fly was in the theater and The Phantom of the Opera was a musical. I hadn’t seen either of them. My mom dressed me in the most hideous pink frock with…

The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: “Dude, chill!” “Don’t tell me to ‘chill’. I fricking hate that.” “You’ll get over it, you always do.” “That’s what you count on isn’t it?” “Yeppers”. “Tommy, you slept with my best friend. On my…

The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week: The fog drifted over the water toward the Dayton family cabin. Mark and Lily sat on Adirondack chairs on the end of the dock with their sleeping bags wrapped around them as much for warmth…