Stories tagged with "signs"

  • The Perils of Whimsy

    “Did you ever notice,” she said, “that this street has two names?”

    “That so?” I glanced toward her.

    She stopped halfway up …

  • The Search (Dar) Inspired by text

    He knew that he had to work fast to get Dar out of the country.

    She was now somewhere sleep and it would soon be night again…

  • The Signs That Told Inspired by a photo

    “Lisa, I’m telling you, that was all just a coincidence.”

    “No Brian, it wasn’t!”

    “Lisa, chill out. That stuff is behind u…

  • Senile Stealers Inspired by text

    Little did they know that the signs were painted with lead paint and, after many years of showing to friends on drunken night…

  • No Road Inspired by a photo

    Stop!
    “What! What?”
    “Stop the car.”
    “Crap. Wait. Arrgh. Ok… we’re stopped, though I think the guy in the van behind us …

  • Omens Inspired by text

    When had the dreams started? Months? Years? It was impossible to say; Murray couldn’t remember life before. They came with th…

  • The Apprentice

    It was a lousy sign. Cheap yellow poster board, sun-battered and rain-spotted. Ink fading and streaked. Two words, “Apprentic…