Derick was thinking about  coffee . He had already drunk three. In the past drinking three, four cups made him excited. Information allured him. Replying to email s felt like a  video game . He could be doing the most boring thing, and it'd enthrall him.

The other day his barista...

I wandered aimlessly. Waiting to smoke my next  cigar . I already had a buzz going. So I'd hold off as long as possible before stopping in someplace for a  whiskey . You could make a buzz go long that way. The key was not to get into  beer too...

There were pseudo Native American artifacts everywhere. Denver knew they were fake, but he still wanted to buy some. "You want to get some of these?" Blue asked as if he were reading his mind. "No that's alright."

Blue furrowed his brow at him. A family of rotund Spanish speaking folk...

Zack had so many clients . They all wanted his hours. But he had only 24 to give them each day. Well actually he could only give them at most 14. Sleep, eating, and the occasional social event the cause. But 14 was burning him out. So he went down...

When I saw that I was still logged in, I felt a bit warm. I know it was programmed to remember be, but it still felt like being welcomed into an old haunt. I also felt warm to the fact that nothing had changed. The layout was still the old...

I hadn't seen Imo in years. She told me she was in town for a conference nearby, but I was pretty sure she had signed up for the conference only because it was in my town.

We had been best friends. Even after we were no longer that, we had held...

The evening sun is deceptive. It feels like it might stay forever only to exit abruptly.

On our way to the airport I was squinting, trying not to be blinded. After seeing Ana off at the passenger drop-off, I drove home under violet swirls, the kind that makes you think God...

I kept my eyes open. Staring through the water. The first reaction to getting sunk in water is usually to close the eyes. If you refrain from doing so you'll see how calm it is under there. Maybe it's also the ear plugging effect the  water has.

The calm allured me....

I walk with my girlfriend to the class she teaches every Tuesday and Thursday. It's a lovely walk across  campus that has protected forests and beautiful architecture. We walk together up to where her class is, and then I walk back home alone. In the past I would always be...

"It's fascinating," the man with glasses sipped his coffee then took a long breath before continuing, "that we as a society have gotten so hung up about this one fact. Did he in fact kill that girl?"

The students waited. Usually this classroom was filled with kids watching TikTok or falling...