by jack | Nov 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
There it was again, the tightening in her chest, the fear of what the night might bring, closing in around her, tunneling her vision, squeezing her throat. Elle had taken the train to Brooklyn. She’d followed the instructions from the little encrypted messaging... by jack | Nov 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Chapter 1 – A Walk in the Park A storm had raged all that week. A nor’easter, coming from the cold black Atlantic, up the coast, riding hard through the wilds of Long Island to beat at the windows of Manhattan. In its wake, it left an almost uncomfortably... by jack | Nov 12, 2025 | Blog
That morning, Leah told me that she had a crush on a boy. I was still half asleep as she sat on the edge of the bed and slowly slipped on her bra. I watched as she fumbled a bit with the tiny bent clasps. There was a clumsy girlish charm to her, lazy and pouty and... by jack | Oct 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
In my dream, we are walking through a village where everyone has died of the plague. It’s a small hamlet, only a dozen buildings—all cobblestone and wood, with a simple church at one end and a well at the other. Every single person is dead. Every child, every... by jack | Oct 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
This is the story of Sydney Moore. A man who was many things, few of which were particularly interesting, and who was, above all other things, afraid of the ocean. He was a small squat man, flattened by life. His hair had begun to recede around the same time it...