I stand in the terminal shaking with anticipation. I really don't need this sign; I know what he looks like by heart. Shorter hair and a desert tan aren't going to throw me off. Of course, I haven't seen Even in person in over two years, but his face is imprinted on my soul. He's the picture behind my eyelids right before sleep descends every night. Flight...
Rick, age 22, the hotel bellman Alex, age 24, the hotel valet Hector, age 29, Conchita's co-worker at the front desk Hector: We knew Barry from the Christmas party. He seemed like a cool dude. Alex: Yeah, but hey, when he showed up at the Sundown Club, that's where we hang afterhours; it's just a block from the hotel, we figured he was out with Conchita....
"Bitch, I don't care who in hell you think you are, get the fuck out of my face if you know what's good for you," Rudolph Etienne said to the chubby, middle-aged white woman who stood in front of him at Walmart. Gasping in surprise, she actually took a step back. Everyone standing nearby seemed to freeze, and they stared at the big and tall young Black man w...
Part One: The Quandary Qualified Detective Scott Lansing filled his first cup of coffee of the day and sat in the creaky chair behind his desk. He sipped the hot bitter brew eying the stack of reports all in that special red folder. A detective for the past 11 of his 28 years on the force, he has worked just about all the cases a large metropolitan police...
He couldn't have been a day over nineteen, but it was hard to tell after a while. They were all the same like that. The man watched him carefully all night to make sure he was alone. Unfathomable as it was, he definitely hadn't come with friends. Or a girlfriend. He was perfect. Estevez was the kind of man that had a palpable charisma. He stood so tall and...
A Drive Down the Mountain © 2019 Victor Cabana Here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson. Last June my parents had a dinner party at their cabin on the mountain. Four couples, all members of both their book club and the Symphony Sponsors were invited, and as I was back home after my sophomore year at Julliard I was expected to tag along. To learn how grown-ups - I wo...
"Bay City, born and raised. Unfortunately and fortunately I still live here. Aside from the common villains and small-time criminals, it's a pretty decent place to live. Bay City...A peaceful, hard-working city by day, dangerous, crime-ridden playground at night. I get to see both sides everyday as I work the later hours of the day shift going into the early...
(Emergency Press Conference, Wayne Tower) ''Thank You all for Coming, as you all Know my name is Bruce Wayne, and this Past Year has been Trying not just for Me or for Gotham, but for every Man, Woman and Child who has Ever set foot in Gotham. I have Seen a Man I once considered my unofficial Brother Fall to the Allure of meting out Criminal Justice, I have...
It had been a tiring conference. It's not that the subject matter was boring...that wasn't it at all! Rather, it was the schedule. The time from 8:00 in the morning until 5:00 in the afternoon was filled with crowded sessions, small group discussions, all designed with keeping one's mind going full-speed ahead...all while the body just sat in one place. It b...
It was at a birthday party for mutual friends that Arnold ran into Andy. They'd known each other for quite a while, but Arnold hadn't really seen Andy since his recent wedding to Wilma. Too recent a wedding, Arnold thought, for the pair to be looking so out of sorts with each other. It appeared that there was a bit of marital discord in the wings. "A wise...