Vanessa looked at herself in the hairdresser’s mirror, watching a pile of foils accumulate on her head. Earlier that day, she had decided to fix the problem. Remembering how once upon a time she had inadvertently caused a few people, i.e., her boyfriend and a couple of random losers, some problems by doing a little … Continue reading Chapter 6 of Something: hair today, gone tomorrow.

“Doo doo doo….” Natalie hummed as she put her face up to the bathroom mirror and dragged black eyeshadow across her lid. “Doo….Doo—” she rubbed it underneath her bottom lashes—“Duh duh duh” went the last coating of shadow before it was time for liner and four or five coats of mascara. Why try and hide … Continue reading Ch 5 something: Natalie’s plan

By noon, Chad was fully refreshed and ready to call the landlord's number on the slip he tore from the ad at the pool hall the night before. Wearing only his boxers, he lay on his couch with his feet up on the back and dialed the phone. When the phone was finally picked up, … Continue reading Ch 4 of something: Chad gets his own bachelor pad

Leaves scuttled across the empty street as Mikhail walked along the side with his head down and collar of his threadbare jacket turned up. Evening's arrival was early. He went to a bar where they didn’t know him too well and sat in the corner with his face on the sticky table, ignoring his drink. … Continue reading something ch 3 something: A day late and a dollar short, oh whatever.

The hotly anticipated sequel to last summer's blockbuster hit, "High School Ritual," has finally arrived! Listen, I'm the doing the best I can here, and if that means recycling material and posting without a title, Oh well! I had a bad day at work, not the least because I didn't know the P.A. overhead of … Continue reading Ch 1. Something something