Category Archives: Coreopsis

Coreopsis 7-a

      Sarah stretched awake.         “Good morning,” Orion smiled.         She sat up whimpering, rubbing her lower back. “Ow.”        “Too hard?”        “Yes.”       “They never bother me.”      She stood up doing some stretches to work out the knot inContinue reading “Coreopsis 7-a”

Coreopsis 6-e

   “You were right in your assumption,” she spoke louder so he could hear her.     “Never?”    “No.”    “I envy you.” He drew a sharp breath as the cold water caressed his face.     “You know nothing about my personal life, don’t envy me.”    “You have freedom.” He reached out and touchedContinue reading “Coreopsis 6-e”

Coreopsis 6-d

   Orion was lying on his side, staring at her. She had the most adorable round face, with a playful little chin.    “What?” She asked with her nose still buried in her book. When he didn’t answer, she looked up. He was breathing heavily, “Orion?”    “Nothing,” he thought for a moment. “What colorContinue reading “Coreopsis 6-d”

Coreopsis 6-c

   Sarah studied Orion’s face as he stared at his glass of wine. He didn’t look happy at all. There were no little laugh lines around his mouth or eyes. The flesh around his eyes looked dark and sunk in. He reminded her of a sack of bones. Every time he moved it seemed toContinue reading “Coreopsis 6-c”

Coreopsis 6-b

   Orion had long skinny fingers.  Hands that were soft but cold to the touch. She noticed a white ring around his ring finger. “Lose something?”    He glanced at his finger for a moment. “No,” with a fluid motion, he pulled the ring from under his shirt. He was wearing it around his neck. Continue reading “Coreopsis 6-b”

Coreopsis 6-a

    Orion walked onto the train platform. His pristine white suit glistened in the sun. He sat down on the bench tipping his hat to a lady who was already sitting there.    “You could put someone’s eyes out with that.” She voiced her very dry unwanted comment.    His heart stopped. He wasContinue reading “Coreopsis 6-a”

Coreopsis 5

    King James stood on the terrace overlooking the ‘back 40’, as his daughter Juliah called it. Rao soon joined him.     “I know,” James spoke softly.    “What are we to do?”    They stood there in the silence of nature. She secretly wished her children could be as happy as the deerContinue reading “Coreopsis 5”

Coreopsis 4

     Shyreka was once a war torn land. Two brothers: Simon and Phillip were as different as night and day. They kept the country in battle for 60 years. Over time 75% of the population had been decimated. Simon had tried five times to call a truce. Phillip would never agree. He wanted everythingContinue reading “Coreopsis 4”

Coreopsis 3

     Jack sat in the dimly lit lab turning the letter over and over with trembling hands. He could tell nothing from the outside. It just looked like any other letter. But it wasn’t. It was from her. His stomach churned at the thought of what she had written. No, she couldn’t come. WithContinue reading “Coreopsis 3”