If you like obscure authors, you’ll love this one… When he enters the prestigious Northwestern University, Lucas Lloyd still has respect for rules. He has never drank, smoked, or gotten anywhere worth mentioning with the opposite sex. The first 18 years of his life have been devoted almost exclusively to academic success. Wasted Words follows…
Ch. 2 Rusted Wagon
While terrorists didn’t scare me much, the thought of freshman year did. On a muggy Friday morning, with the nation still stunned, I packed up my things and prepared to write the next chapter of my life. I had crammed all of my worldly possessions into the back end of our ‘88 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser…
Ch. 1 The Empty Sky
“Turn on the TV… the world’s gone crazy.” These were the first words I heard three days before I started college. The voice on the other end of the phone was my mother’s. A moment ago, I was floating on my waterbed, still dreaming between the summer sheets. “Jeez, Mom. What are you waking me…
Holloween
We were warriors once, of the Scottish variety, wrapped in tartan blankets with our faces painted blue. Our women were Playboy bunnies, bare skin bound in black Lycra, shivering in the frozen night. The air was so cold that our breaths became crystals, suspended in front of our faces before shattering to the ground. State…
Anyone Can Play Guitar
Ah, but let us return to a fresher time. When classes first started, the air grew cooler, green leaves turned golden brown. Every morning I would hop down from my bunk (landing as cat-like as possible lest I crack my ankle upon hitting the floor), slip on my shower shoes and go next door to…
Traffic Jammin’
I was up and out the door at dawn as morning thawed to gray. Sean yawned at me from behind the wheel of his mother’s tan Toyota. Xander was sitting shotgun, snoozing, with his face buried in a pillow against the passenger door. His blond bedhead was out of control. I stuffed my duffel bag…