Conrad Phillips pulled his ’74 Ford Pickup to the side of the road and checked his notes. This is it. Where Barker Road splits into Cherry Lane and Madison Road. An old cypress tree stood near the road. Its roots branched into thick, brown octopus legs. He grabbed the shovel and a paper sack from [...]
This very short (275 word) piece is a study on passive sentences I did for my Fantasy & Science Fiction group. It’s not fun to read because most sentences use the passive voice.
Connor ran his hand along the 2010 Sea Ray Sundancer, careful to keep touching the boat at all times. The dimpled, white fiberglass of the boat’s hull changed to polished blue halfway up to the gunwale and that’s where he ran his hand, right at the line where the color started, the top half of [...]
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