James Capilano's Favorites

  • By The Way.... Inspired by text

    The sun set hours ago, but it was still light, as if some giant headlight was pointed at my window. I was afraid to look out,...

  • Is it over? Inspired by text

    “What a stupid idea!” I opened a jar of grape jelly and began to spred it over a piece of wheat bread. “She could never in a…

  • You Had Me at Hello

    I guess you could say we met like any two people would meet. And after that, everything fell right into place. But I’m gettin…

  • That's weird. Inspired by text

    When I woke up the next morning I turned off my alarm clock. Got up. Got into the shower and thought about the date. The seve…

  • She Inspired by a photo

    She had no name. She had no past or future. She had no memories or feelings. She had no face or body. She was a soul. She wa…

  • Autumn Day Inspired by a photo

    Early autumn and the best day on record. It was partly cloudy and warm. They laid under the one tree in the ‘grove’ together….

  • Meets me, or I Meet It?

    I’m falling.

    I’m just falling.

    This feeling I know all to well, but some how, not well enough.

    I watch the windows pass by…

  • Fritz and Zooey: People Watching Inspired by text

    Fritz and Zooey finished half of their late night breakfast before they both agreed that they felt equally ready for a second…

  • College Crush - Part 1 Inspired by a photo

    Isabel sat reading, her foot tapping idly, oblivious of the other university students around her. The library had that hushed…

  • OutCold. Inspired by text

    I turned around, creeped beyond belief. _What am I supposed to do?! Mom and Dad just left, which means I’m home alone!! Shoul…

  • C U NOW: The Pervert and the Freaky Ghost Man Inspired by text

    I wake up to a freezing-cold version of my house. The fan is iced over, the living room is an ice-box. There’s the man, seemi…