Tag: rain

• Headache (Killing Trevor Pt. 1)

  The rain pounded on the metal roof of the car. It smattered against the glass. Filtered by those creeping droplets on the windows, the streetlight shadows animated the surfaces of the couple’s still faces. Cynthia, her thinly plucked eyebrows raised, looked at his hands as they gripped the steering wheel. A nervous tick of his,…

  Dan Metzger

  July 14, 2017

  Fiction, serial fiction, Short Story

  breakup, car, characters, creative writing, dialogue, Fiction, murder, mystery, rain, relationships, romance, serial fiction, serial short story, thriller, weather, wonder, writing

• The Driving Southbound Rain

  There was more rain than he had seen in one place. It was less like driving through rain and more like driving while a five-gallon bucket emptied over the windshield over and over. The wipers thudded in sloppy rhythm as he reached for the final inch of coffee waiting cold in the styrofoam cup. About…

  Dan Metzger

  September 4, 2015

  Fiction, Scene, Short Story

  creative writing, driving, Fiction, heat, love, motel, rain, sleep

• Our Complicated Public Union

  

  Walk beneath my canopy, aerial assaults pinging as you find a pace. In April’s warm mist your cheeks I keep dry. Hold me and I hold you, the infant wrapped in the folds of her mother’s arms. On clear days you hide me and I take comfort in the act. Hidden on the floor of…

  Dan Metzger

  August 20, 2015

  Poetry

  clouds, creative writing, love, material, motherhood, nature, object, poem, poetry, private, public, rain, sidewalk, skies, storm, sun, sunshine