New year Stories

Christmas had come and gone and soon it was New Year's Eve. As Bruce and Amber had surmised, both their parents had parties that they were going to attend, so now all they had to do is figure out where they would spend the evening together. Now he had to work, but would be done around 6:00 PM.It was about two days before New Year's Eve that Allison told Amber that she had been invited to a party and had accepted the invit...

Christmas Eve had finally arrived. After work Bruce raced home to shower and change before he headed to Amber's house to spend a few hours. Amid the festive atmosphere was talk of his agreeing to be Amber's labor coach and attend the birthing classes and what that entailed. The mood became serious and so did the look on everyone's face. Ally decided to break up this serious mood and slipped out of the room unseen to don o...

It was the night before New Year's Eve 2011... For weeks there had been a “Coming Soon” sign up on the blank billboard outside of my apartment building. Over the years, it had become a ritual for a few of the residents to sit out on the rooftop every Friday night and unwind after a long week. The rooftop of the building on Black Velvet Boulevard was the place you could come to if you wanted to bemoan your fate, plan your...

A stark blank pagean empty mindthe signs of ageare not too kindas skills and memorybegin to fade.Forgotten wordsa frozen tonguea trembling handare all amongthe fearful thingsof aging’s promenade.Foul smelling clothesa dumb blank starea dripping noselong grey nose haira lonely seniorin a barren room.Dribbling spitand gibberish rantswith yellow stainson underpantsboth legacyand precursor of doom.The signs of lifenow slowly...