Your Life’s Work…In One Sentence or Less
You’re on vacation, but it’s a downpour of rain outside. Just your luck. What was supposed to be a relaxing morning enjoying the outdoors is…
The Two Teachers
The professor walked into the café, ordered a drink, and sat down at the window bar with a huff, oblivious to the lone man next…
The Clever Painter’s Dreams
“It’s exactly what you think it is,” she tells you with a quick smile, "You're just not thinking wide enough." You furrow your brows, concentrating…
100 Years in 1,000 Words
15 July, 1920 Hello. Is that how you start a diar- a journal? This is dumb. This is the worst birthday gift. I am seven years…
The Traveler’s Prayer
If I fell from the sky from a thousand long milesThen would you be right there so to catch me? If I wandered the forests…
Found Balloons: December
These are the first words I’ve written since my Halloween story I did back in October. I’ve probably committed struggling writer sacrilege by doing the…
The Cursed Constellations
“Be brave, and don’t hunt the goats…” The campfire roared and crackled as the three kids huddled around. They stared with wide, excited eyes, wondering at…
The Physics of Interstellar Loneliness
Seven billion specks of lightScattered o’er a thousand nightscomplex order, intertwineddance to rules beyond our minds Seven billion sky bound beingsFloat, ephemerous, at seaDaunting, though,…
Found Balloons: October
What was the girl’s main complaint when she read Pride and Prejudice? While you dwell on that question (the answer’s at the end), it’s time…
The Invincibility Spell
Coming of age at .2 Mach (Drink pairing: Vodka Redbull) He did it. It took a whole year of saving pennies — moonlighting in restaurants,…
Lost Balloon Café 