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”
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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 “
Evelyn’s Twelve by Coletha Albert
Evelyn’s Twelve by Coletha Albert Evelyn turned eighty‑three with the quiet certainty of someone who had long ago learned how to carry herself through storms. Seven children had drifted away over the years—no dramatic scene, no final argument—just a steady unspooling of promises and excuses until the house felt too large for one heartbeat. SheContinueContinue reading “Evelyn’s Twelve by Coletha Albert”
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.
Podcast Episode: Debt, Defiance, and Survival
Pip: Ms Coletha’s Blog this week is doing what it does best — holding a mirror up and daring you to look away. Mara: MsColetha covers real ground here: direct confrontations about accountability, and a dark piece of supernatural fiction that uses demonic possession to talk about self-destruction and the company we keep. Pip: Let’sContinueContinue reading “Podcast Episode: Debt, Defiance, and Survival”
Lorraine of Angleton by Coletha Albert
What a tangled web you weave when you practice to deceive. – Sir Walter Scot.
Zola McGee by Coletha Albert
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180 Degrees for Micah by Coletha Albert
Karma is real. All the good you have done with good intentions is coming for you now. However if you are like the snarling, evil Mira – your time is up.
The Secret by Coletha Albert
The neon lights of Neo-Veridia didn’t illuminate; they interrogated. For Elara, the “Gilded Nightingale,” every sold-out stadium was a sensory prison. Her gift—the ability to weave tactile emotions into sound—had been commodified by the Syndicate until she was less a person and more a biological streaming service. She didn’t just want out. She wanted herContinueContinue reading “The Secret by Coletha Albert”
Kael and Elias’s Seattle by Coletha Albert
The heat in Ballard didn’t shimmer; it throbbed. It was July 2026, and the “Big Blue” tent city near the library was a kiln of nylon and asphalt. Elias and Kael sat on a stained mattress, the air smelling of saltwater and hot garbage. They hadn’t slept in four days. The new batch—something whispered aboutContinueContinue reading “Kael and Elias’s Seattle by Coletha Albert”
