Month: June 2023

• June 26, 2023

  01: Why Didn’t He Ask Her Name?

  Once there was a man named Benjamin who rode the Hypersonic Express every morning. He always had too much to do and not enough time to do it. He hated the train rides because he couldn’t actually accomplish anything in the three and a half minute commute. Phone calls were frowned upon, and there was…
• June 19, 2023

  The Hypersonic Express is Coming

  Good morning, afternoon, and evening wherever you may be. Over the next 10 weeks, I will be posting a series of original flash fiction stories inspired by my time spent on Oregon’s public transit system. They will take place on the slightly futuristic Hypersonic Express. These stories range from hopeful to thoughtful. There are sober…
• June 16, 2023

  Hello, World

  I first started writing in elementary school. Back then I used my weekly vocabulary words to form a series of often nonsensical events, such as when “The brown cow went to town to meet the clown with the frown.” Since then I’ve spent my time becoming a high school English teacher, adopting two black cats,…