An eclectic mix of life, art & fiction

  • A Sleepy Child

    A Sleepy Child

    The Man Upstairs A Fictional Series CARLA FERNANDEZ, UNIT 102 My baby girl, Lucita, has been very difficult lately. Something is making her unhappy at night, and I cannot soothe her. I feed her, change her, rock her… and still,… Read More

  • Watch the World Burn

    Watch the World Burn

    The Man Upstairs A Fictional Series LARRY FERGUSON, UNIT 101 I moved into Fourth and Main twenty years ago and it was the best complex in the city. At the time. Over the last few years the building has either… Read More

  • Pretty in Pink

    A Haiku Wind, blowing kisses, Pink skies, whispering a tune, Time, not forgotten. I started this image about a week ago. It was a simple remake of the famous “Marilyn’s dress flies up over a storm drain” or whatever it… Read More

  • Spontaneous Combustion

    Spontaneous Combustion

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series When Delilah was nine or ten, Martin and I went through a rough patch. Martin thought that our life was too structured; that we had lost all spontaneity. He missed the unknowing, and all… Read More

  • Eternally Yours

    Eternally Yours

    Stories We Tell A Fictional Series At the age of twenty-two, I was weeks away from marrying Dylan – a young man I had been engaged to for a year – when he had sex with another woman.  The two… Read More

  • Moving On…

    No moss at my feet, Never steady… got to move… Train keeps a rollin’. I thought I’d try something different with illustration so I decided on a train. This one took me two days, so it was no walk in… Read More