Barry's Favorites

  • The unfortunate sleep.

    It only takes fifteen minutes to work through a panic attack. That’s what Dr. Wells told Renee during their last visit. She w…

  • Nicole's Great Escape

    “I’ve found a house.”

    The words sent Nicole’s heart to the bottom of her stomach. She put on a feeble smile and feigned exci…

  • The reality of the pyschic. Inspired by text

    Clara sat at her desk with her first cup of coffee. She promised herself she would finish the cup before she began her work d…

  • Bad Boys Make Bad Girls Mature Inspired by text

  • Which Truth? Inspired by text

    How about the one where, yes, her caller would find love but the boyfriend will turn out to be a controlling bastard and in a…

  • One Last Promise Inspired by text

    She pressed the ‘end’ button on her phone with a sigh, and rubbed her temples. The headaches were starting again. One last pr…

  • The Call Inspired by text

    “Psychic Sidekick,” Clara said, tired. “How can I heal you?”

    The insincerity of it stung as much as usual. She’d write a new…

  • Headhunted Inspired by text

    There was a sound, small at first but now rising in volume and jabbing jagged into her temples where before there was only …

  • Career Change Inspired by text

    “That sounds nice…” Clara heard herself say.

    “It’s a bit more…dangerous…than what you’re accustomed to. But we can tal…

  • Politics Are Complicated (1) Inspired by text

    Sandra kept giving the spiders her offerings, of course. She never thought about what the ants, the flies, and the aphids mig…

  • Politics Are Complicated (2) Inspired by text

    As the insect communities began to organize, Sandra watched the webs in vain for some sign that her overtures of peace had be…

  • The Exam

    Nigel sat staring at the psych test on the screen in front of him. “What a bunch of crap,” he muttered to himself.
    The first …

  • Mother's Funeral Mature

  • The Toaster Adventures, Part I

    “You need to check the toaster,” my wife said. “It’s burning toast again.”

    “This is what happens when when you set the toast…