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Written by: Stephen Brown; Mansfield Grey Bronco picked up the bag. It was heavy. Even for him – a 6’7” kick boxer that once beat up six guys in a bar room brawl without [...]

Yo Trixies. You are walking in an alley in the heart of your hometown. You’re comfortable and safe – it’s a good alley. Progressive and well-chiseled graffiti. It has just [...]

I am shopping at the high end stores. All the clothes I try on fit perfectly.  The fabric is amazing, plus the style of the clothes hide my flaws. I look at my face in the mirror, I am glowing. I [...]

My memories of all past jobs came flooding back to me in the plane, as it always does. My life as a soldier seems totally separate from my civilian life. Now, I am focused on the task at hand and [...]

Hello Hipsters! As writers, we struggle with time. This week, you are, as always, whoever you want to be. Choose your character, and choose your narrative voice.  Be good. Be bad, Be ugly. You [...]

I sit. The sky is falling all around me. But I sit. My feet are firm against the ground. There is the Pain, of course. There is the Pressure. And I squeeze my eyes shut until they hurt, for I [...]

It was 0450 hours. I expected the Colonel to come busting through the mess hall door at any second, and just like clockwork there he was in all his glory. Standing tall and assertive with arms [...]

Time can be a friend, but it can also be an enemy. As time moves forward we have learned much and made mistakes with tragic consequences. Through all this we learned to move forward. There are [...]

Hello Hipsters! Ok. Slayers of Words and Wranglers of the Magnificent… This: You are a caterpillar on the inside. On the outside, you are whatever your leader demands. Where are you? What [...]

The ground is wet, the wind is harsh…ouch, “Gosh darn it,” I wave my finger in the air, like that does anything. I suck the wound and spit. This takes some of the sting out. That barbwire sure [...]