Author: Melrose

2031 Johnny had never been out this far. He had never seen the mile markers hit double digits. It gave him a horrible feeling in his stomach, but that could…

1976 David left on the Fourth of July bi-centennial in the middle of the fireworks show. Nancy had to give it to him, it was rather cinematic. She watched him…

Thom Her body wasn’t posed. There was nothing remotely glamorous or cinematic about this. The woman was dead, floating face-down in a ditch next to a stretch of highway that…

Dylan’s bus route was a superior bus route to mine. 80 percent of my best friends in sixth grade rode his bus that went upriver to the houses in the…

The dam was constant. That’s all it was. That’s all Ria’s life was at this point, but that was fine. She found the name Diablo Lake Dam fitting. This would…

I had nine more months to make my decision. April had nine days. You got notifications every day once you got down to the final 10 days before declaration and…

We landed somewhere in the desert. At least that’s what I thought. It was very possible the entirety of the lush and bustling world we left behind was reduced to…

Is it Indian Burial Ground or Indian Burial Grounds? I’m a so-called expert and I’m not really even sure. How does one become an Indian Burial Ground expert? I don’t…

My sister never called about anything good. Someone must have died. Probably Uncle Gordon. I had been waiting for that day. “Hey, what’s going on?” I answered the call. I…

Leah had no plans for her thirtieth birthday. She was going to go home right after work and reward herself with a frozen pizza she had been holding onto for…