August Rode

The last of the movers maneuvers the hand truck with the last of the boxes through the front door. I…

He is already there when she arrives, waiting for her on the other side of the glass, holding a red,…

There aren't many frogs out and about now, being late autumn and all. By this point, most have alrea…

There are no sensory nerves in your brain; you cannot see, feel, smell, hear, or taste anything that…

It wasn't funny anymore. The first few times, maybe, but it had been several hours now and there was…

The elevator doors opened. Pandora stepped onto the 52nd floor of the Pouthena Building. Pulling her…

"What has been lost can be found at Building Grachkin, Floor 60, Row 95, Shelf 7, Case 39 between 9:…

He was tired. He'd read the same sentence four times and he was still stumbling across the words li…

In mathematics, a point of inflection is a point on a curve where the concavity of the curve changes…

Roger had been in the cradle of the marula tree's branches for three days.

Those three days hadn'…

You can hear it in the still of the night if you're quiet and calm. Wait until the crickets and owls…

Meditation didn't come naturally to him. Far too often, unwanted sensations and thoughts invaded his…

He sat in his car, parked in front of a small white house in Podunk, Florida. He had never been here…

Richard stood at the stern of the ship, looking longingly back toward England. He had really hoped t…

How does this story start? It starts with the thought that my stories rarely lie down in the page in…