A gray day in summer reminds me of you

Soft, nostalgic fog I can see right through

Electric air, a heavenly glow

Getting to know you, then letting you go

Stay in bed until noon just to listen to rain

Grieve our little love more than I can explain

In the eye of the storm, blessed or cursed

Less afraid of death because you went first

Pleading for you to visit my dreams

As warm June rain fills...

“STAY AWAY FROM JOEL GREEN,” I read while standing right next to Joel Green.

The mysterious note had appeared on the kitchen counter that morning. It was neatly folded and tied with a thin, white ribbon with the remnants of a popped balloon at the end.

At first I thought Joel was playing a prank on me. After a whirlwind romance of only three months, he moved in with me last week.

I flipped t...

We used to stargaze every June

On our favorite beach, on a sandy dune

You’d hold my hands and make me laugh

I brought a bottle of wine, you had half

We discussed our plans for the upcoming years

Sharing our hopes and wishes and fears

My head on your chest, your fingers in my hair

Crashing waves and sweet salt air

You kissed my lips and gave me a ring

Everything was perfect until the next s...

At 3:33am, Sam was listening to a thunderous round of appalause. For the third night in a row, claps, cheers, and whistles erupted from the dark basement and lasted for exactly one minute. When the clock read 3:34am, the world was completely silent again.

The first night that it happened, Sam thought she was dreaming. A loud, sudden noise startled her awake and shocked her into consciousnesses. S...