Suddenly, they were gone

He had been out of touch, away from phones and civilization, working on a job that took him deep into far away places. So he was surprised when two men held a sign with his name on it when he got off the plane. “Sir, there’s been an accident.”...

If the fear never stops, then God help the next one

She got on the Metro Orange Line at West Falls Church and walked past where Michael was sitting. He tried not to look. He didn’t want to look. He tried to concentrate on the newspaper, but he couldn’t. He looked. Pretty. Very pretty. He tried to put her out of his...