Seventeen years is a long time to keep a desert between yourself and the ghosts of your past. In all that time, I never set foot near the people who bore me, the soil that chained me. But the air of the airport terminal was thin during my layover, and something—a quiet, insistent pull—whispered thatContinueContinue reading “17 by Coletha Albert”
Category Archives: Short story
Charlie The Weather-vein by Coletha Albert
Charlie had spent forty-two years perched atop the copper spire of 14 Elm Street, standard-issue brass rooster, chest puffed, tail feathers forever unfurled. From his vantage point high above the treetops, he had the best seat in the house. To Charlie, the neighborhood below was an endless, delightful stage play. He knew that when theContinueContinue reading “Charlie The Weather-vein by Coletha Albert”
Siamese Peace by Coletha Albert
The morning light in Seattle filtered softly through the slate grey overcast sky. The Grey Lady is back with a vengeance. The blustery wind tossed leaves, black birds, and random garage throughout the streets, avenues and hiking trails as Seattleites basked in the calming cashmere blanket that is Autumn in the Pacific Northwest. Photo byContinueContinue reading “Siamese Peace by Coletha Albert”
Peace and Grandma Cherry by Coletha Albert
(Seattle, Washington) The white dust of packing boxes coated Sharon’s fingers, but for the first time in a decade, her chest didn’t feel constricted. She taped down the final box labeled Living Room and wiped her hands on her jeans, looking around the bright ranch house she’d just bought. Down below, the clear, freezing, greyContinueContinue reading “Peace and Grandma Cherry by Coletha Albert”
The Heat of ’91 — A Houston Crucible Story
By Coletha Albert In the spring of 1991, Houston felt hotter than usual. Not just the weather — the air itself seemed charged, humming with suspicion. In the neighborhood of Cypress Fairbanks, people whispered about strange happenings at Ravensway neighborhood, about unexplained illnesses, and about sudden misfortune. And in a city already tense from economicContinueContinue reading “The Heat of ’91 — A Houston Crucible Story “
III, VI, IX Zondra by Coletha Albert
Your body, mind, and soul are priceless and worth more than anything in any show room. They seek to bind you to them in slavery for all eternity not just this lifetime. Don’t fall for their deception. Resist simply and consistently. Easy.
One Moment with Heaven by Coletha Albert
Heaven is the sanctuary that was ordained to reside in her community. She was the salt of the earth for her region. Heaven was the light on the hill in this territory. She kept her flavor and her community did not extinguish her. They protected her and experienced Heaven on Earth.
2098 by Coletha Albert
On the morning of the maiden voyage to the Alpha Centauri corridor, only 303 gathered on the restored grounds of the Johnson Space Center in Houston. There were thousands in Houston who did not want to go. They were born in Houston and they would prefer to die there as well…
Grandmother’s Jubilee by Coletha Albert
Have you checked out L.D.B. Time to Chill? It inspired this short story…along with other thoughts… never give up your faith. Everything works out for the better in a way you would never imagine. It’s surreal.
Embers to Embers by Coletha Albert
They were unknown in their large metropolitan city as Ariel and Joshua, a boisterously quiet couple who kept mostly to themselves now. They began as two lost souls on the garbage pile of the unwanted. She showed him how to get high and he liked it. She had always been high and did not knowContinueContinue reading “Embers to Embers by Coletha Albert”
