Cross Words

Once upon a chill October evening, kids in costumes darted from door to door, their laughter a sweet melody in the autumn air. Among them, one child wore a ghost costume with too many eye holes—seven to be exact. It […]

Tucked away in the familiar fog of forgotten fondness, where tossed-away dreams pile up like autumn leaves, Dejection took up residence. Garbed in rejection, it wore a shroud woven from teardrops and threads of broken hearts. Although it recognized its […]

The copywriter—once lauded, consulted, and courted for its lexical prowess—sat alone at its weathered desk. Decades of service rendered to others, decades of spinning mundane products into silken dreams, decades of translating feelings into profit margins. Now obsolete. Forgotten. A […]