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Thanks For The Damn Letter

6 March, 2023 ~ Benjamin Bratz ~ Leave a comment

Hello Father, Thank you dearly for writing after all these years. Your apology is accepted, and everything is forgotten. Your decision to leave your family to fend in an old musty apartment isn’t a big deal. Actually, it makes perfect sense! My mom was growing older. She had started to get wrinkles on her once … Continue reading Thanks For The Damn Letter

Emerald Tears

3 March, 2023 ~ Benjamin Bratz ~ Leave a comment

I stand right by the entrance to the renaissance style café, la petite violette, and yet Sofy is nowhere to be seen. I glance down at my wristwatch; it says 9:05. Sweat runs down my brow, and I sigh loudly as I stare into the jumble of people on the street. Though the sun has just … Continue reading Emerald Tears

Beyond That Hill

28 January, 2023 ~ Benjamin Bratz ~ 1 Comment

I made it. From afar, scaling this hill seemed an insurmountable task, but here I am, atop the hillside that separates my secluded valley from what lay beyond. And, to my delight, the sun has yet to set. Soft shades of orange float across the evening sky, fading into a burst of vermillion light upon … Continue reading Beyond That Hill

Scattered In the Wind

30 July, 202231 July, 2022 ~ Benjamin Bratz ~ Leave a comment

Standing naked on a rough, rocky precipice, a broken man offers promises to the wind. This time, he says, things will be different. Life will begin anew. Yes, from this point onwards, I shall be the man I always wanted to be. I shall not care for the looks of others, but they will regard … Continue reading Scattered In the Wind

I Saw a Cloud That Reminded Me of You

13 May, 202215 June, 2022 ~ Benjamin Bratz ~ Leave a comment

Dear Samantha, Many years have passed since we last met. And yet, when I think of you as I do now, I am transported back to the summer we shared. The time we rested shoulder to shoulder on a field of sunflowers, gazing up at the clouds as they swam past us overhead. And I … Continue reading I Saw a Cloud That Reminded Me of You

The World That Never Was

10 April, 2022 ~ Benjamin Bratz ~ Leave a comment

Shera lay outside in the snow, wearing nothing but his father’s old shirt. Its thin fabric obstructs the cold as well as a shield of paper blocks a sword, serving merely as a pretense of defense. Thus, the chill breeze has free reigns as it wages war on the poor boy’s body, causing his lips … Continue reading The World That Never Was

The Snake Pit

6 April, 2022 ~ Benjamin Bratz ~ Leave a comment

My bare feet grind against the rough cavern floor as I run along the dimly-lit corridor. It hurts like hell, but whatever it was back there is worse than bloodied fucking feet. I throw a furtive glance behind my shoulder, and sure enough. There is movement in the distance. Slithering, followed by menacing, hissing sounds. … Continue reading The Snake Pit

Blank Pages

21 February, 2022 ~ Benjamin Bratz ~ Leave a comment

Blank pages walking by and asking us why we add onto them word after word that they did nothing to deserve.

Carnage | When the Moon Turns red

10 February, 2022 ~ Benjamin Bratz ~ Leave a comment

He loved him with all his heart, and maybe that's why he never told the truth, afraid of losing the one person for whom he truly cared. But as with all secrets, especially the dark ones, one can only hope to preserve secrecy for so long. As onlookers, we can gloat and laugh at his … Continue reading Carnage | When the Moon Turns red

The Golden Fish

16 December, 202116 December, 2021 ~ Benjamin Bratz ~ Leave a comment

Jonathan hooks his hundredth-something worm, desperation mounting with the waning of the sun. Time is running out. His grandfather’s health is rapidly deteriorating, and there’s no telling he’ll survive another day. Jonathan glares at the sea as though offended by its serenity, knowing full well that he’s being unreasonable. Here he is, a grown man … Continue reading The Golden Fish

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