The Geek from I.T.By Tony Radford I was working away – was a most-fruitful day, the best that I’d had in a while, I’d made quite a dent with the time that I spent on a huge architectural-file. The version of CAD that my company had was a little bit ancien...
Aimee It all begins – a group of friends – a trip in early May to a launching ledge at river’s edge where locals come to play. She took in hand the line that spanned the rushing, blue-divide, prepared for flight – she held on tight to reach the other side...
No Yesterday By Tony Radford She woke every morn like the day she was born with no knowledge of prior events, she couldn’t recall Sunday’s trip to the mall – or the flowers her granddaughter sent. Like an angel she slept, but nothing was kept, her memorie...
KC Murphy and the Dog from Hell The oldest one of Murphy’s sons – the one they named “KC”, would rise each morn to the task he’d sworn – tossing papers for a fee. He’d hit the road with a basket load he rolled the night before, for a five-mile ride throug...
The Drive In By Tony Radford Some friends and I were driving by when we passed the old marquee and it spelled outright that the show that night was a flick we’d planned to see. It was ’69 and the storyline – starring Fonda, Jack and Hopper, was a tale of...
The Knife By Tony Radford A missile-flash, a chopper-crash – a field of charred debris, a team of five are burned alive – and that leaves only me. A stranded man in hostile land – my radio is cracked, a uniform that’s soiled and torn – at least I’m still...
The Neighbor’s Wife By Tony Radford A gorgeous lass of angel-class and curly auburn hair, a lovely prize with pale-blue eyes – one couldn’t help but stare. She came alive at half past five when her day at work would end, and through the glass, I’d watch h...
A Sailor’s TaleBy Tony RadfordThey left the port of Aberdeen in eighteen fifty three,a crew of ten courageous men on the good ship Anne Marie.Of Clipper-class, with triple masts, her colors for the Queen,a heavy hold of Spanish gold, and tons of British t...
The View By Tony Radford An institute was built to suite some folks that most don’t know,a place to send our wounded men with no place else to go. In a room of white, all day and night two injured souls would layand never tread, confined to bed, forever b...
Survivor By Tony Radford The story starts with racing hearts in a room with lots of chairs where patients wait, anticipate, so little talk – just stares. On the wall, a clock has stalled and time is standing still, a silent room, with thoughts of gloom th...
With a face begrimed, an old man climbed from a tattered cardboard box to a sight he knew - was an alley’s view, beneath the loading docks. The morning light would end the fight he always had to face, though just a dream, it always seemed so real it lef...
