Flash Fiction: Without

Flash Fiction: Without

by | Mar 2, 2018 | Creative Juice

Without By J. Parrish Lewis © 2018 They didn’t come for our guns, we surrendered them. On March 15, 2021, the inexplicable desire to be rid of every gun in my home woke me from my sleep with the sleeping wedge pillow. It wasn’t long before I learned that the same...
Writing distracts a writer from writing

Writing distracts a writer from writing

by | Sep 17, 2016 | Creative Juice

I’ve been neck-deep in my writing projects lately, and I kept finding that writing other things distracts me from writing what I enjoy writing the most. Whew, what a mouthful of typewritten words. I have to admit that, although I frankly did enjoy writing it, I...
Secret Signs: Part Two

Secret Signs: Part Two

by | Jul 9, 2016 | Creative Juice, Stories

PART ONE: In which Alice learns there is a new Deaf student at school Secret Signs: Part Two By J. Parrish Lewis She saw his backpack first, outside the speech therapist’s office where kids who had speech therapy were always directed to drop them. It was worn around...
Secret Signs: Part One

Secret Signs: Part One

by | Jul 2, 2016 | Creative Juice

Alice. The girl does not move. Her gaze remains fixed on the particularly bright line of green that she has drawn to represent the horizon. A vibrant green, it makes her smile. This is her favorite color and she will use it again, often, and with abandon. This is a...