Alex is an aspiring writer currently residing in Salt Lake City, Utah. He studied Literature and Film at the University of Utah and studied Creative Writing at Goddard College in Vermont. He is currently working on a collection of short-short stories.
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“Sunshine’s been keeping me up for days.” Elliott Smith On a porch, my porch, my chair, I rock slightly and light another cigarette even though I know the first drag will struggle…
“Future butterfly going to spend the day higher than high.” Elliott Smith I pace a parking lot; this beautiful wasteland where the burnt glass of broken bottles shimmers in the early da…
The curve of your lips, the slight parting of them to reveal white teeth. I swore I’d savor every one that followed. But as things go, as we went, as it is; a smile can only last for so long.
A stream of words winds through a crowd, occasionally slapping too hard against tables and spilling drinks. I have been here before, not here here, but in the same type of situation. My formal cloth…
There was white, white was everywhere, an awful amount, but that was to be expected in dreams, especially of this nature. The time of year was indeterminate and so was the time of day. I stood in th…
Early evening, Halloween, small children begin their trek on cracked sidewalks. This is not the neighborhood I grew up in, but it very well could be, just another hamlet on the hill, a safe gathering…