The Traveling Pen

Weekly stories that start conversations.

Posts Tagged ‘life’

The Jackhammer —

He’s been rolling around the bed for the past 45 minutes. The noise is unbearable. Nothing seems to drown it out. Komie finally gets out of bed, ‘fuck!’ he says. Fuming with rage. He can’t remember the last time he actually sleep for more than 2 hours. He was disappointed in the Tarot reading, they […]

The Flaming Soul —

This 80 year-old man keeps melting in front of me. Stressed out, I can’t do anything. Please where is the exit? I keep asking myself; ‘What if I hadn’t turned right?’ I could’ve gone straight, could’ve gone left. I even could’ve stopped and reversed, in retrospect, any other options would have been a better choice […]