JEFF SOUTH

Word of the Day: Collide “I thought you said your wife’s name was Leslie,” Buck whispered. “Who is Terry?” Leslie remained seated. Her...

Word of the day: Mask Marty wasn’t sure about a church in an old strip mall in a part of town he hadn’t ventured into in a long time....

Word of the day: Thunder Leslie came home for lunch to surprise her husband with some afternoon delight since Mason was at school. A...

Word of the day: Church Tanner had more presence of mind than Marty, who had fallen into full panic mode. He ran out the front door,...

Word of the day: Mirror Tanner faced the chair and extended his arm. He aimed a black device with a meter display at the top toward the...

Word of the day: Necklace “Cursed objects can be defined a number of ways.” Tanner Mansfield led Marty through a maze of shelves lined...

Word of the Day: Gift haunted furniture Marty figured that was the best term for what he wanted to research. After all, he was sure that...

Word of the day: Flower Why Mason was sitting on the floor facing the chair was a mystery. He didn’t speak. He only nodded a few times at...

Word of the day: Time The days stretched one into another. Marty’s nightmares subsided, but he was in no hurry to use sharp objects...

Word of the day: Vision “Do you wanna talk about it?” Leslie rubbed Marty’s back as he rubbed the spot on his finger where the splinter...

Word of the day: Dance Leslie inched toward her shaking husband. She tried not to focus on the sharp steel blade in his hand or the way...

Word of the day: Crime Leslie debated as to whether she should be worried about Marty. His stubbornness made him a terrible patient when...

Word of the day: Proud Marty’s job as a leadership consultant only made sense to him. Describing it to friends or new acquaintances...

Word of the day: Magic The chair sat in the middle of the dining room, not the corner where it was originally placed by Leslie and...

Word of the day: Light “I thought you turned the light off in the dining room before coming to bed.” Leslie engaged in her pre-bedtime...

Word of the day: Rescue Maybe this chair wasn’t the best purchase after all, Leslie thought. The fabric she originally picked to refinish...

Word of the day: Disaster Leslie admired the corner chair that now sat in the middle of their garage while Marty thumbed through a comic...

Word of the day: Joke The chair was upstairs with some other ragged furniture that folks had discarded. It stood out among the other...

Word for the day: Desolate I survey the landscape seeking what now is most certainly lost. What once looked so familiar has become a...

Word of the day: Windmill This is an excerpt from a work-in-progress I've been working on for about a year. It's not quite a sequel to my...