A Tale of Melody and Malady by Jude Trail “The Persistent Phantom of Frequencies Past” “In chambers of silence the ghost notes remain, a ceaseless orchestra that none may hear save I; the conductor of phantoms, the maestro of pain.” — From “The Invisible Symphony” by Edwin Haredale The morning light, …
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The Last Decade
The Last Decade By Jude Trail Elwood Gunter had been preparing for greatness for twenty-three years, four months, and sixteen days. Not that he was counting, mind you, but a man tends to remember when he starts paying twenty-one dollars and ninety-nine cents a month for something that nobody reads. …
I Can’t Remember
I Can’t Remember by Jude Trail Frantic urgency pushed his failing memory into action. Who was the young woman in the faded photograph? The pictures were placed strategically to help him remember things and people from his past. Why couldn’t he remember this woman? She was in many of the pictures.For a long moment, …
Black Sleep
I will only tell this once and, in all honesty, would like to keep silent on this account completely; except for the children that might follow my direction and possibly choose a destructive path such as I’ve taken, I would indeed find a way to keep my life’s decisions a dark secret and work towards …