Brian Eckert

Writer. Wanderer. Dreamer. Skeptic. Man.

Tag: Blood

Nagasaki Boy

“Ending life is easy,” said Yashimoro. “It is much braver to save a life. Men like you do not value life except for what value it gives you.”

Vanishing Point

This story published in Soft Cartel                          I. Greg was driving out West because he was out of ideas. He passed through a long stretch of nothing but golden fields and the occasional billboard. Roads crisscrossed the fields, perfectly straight. The plains appeared endless. Greg felt he was falling farther back, back into the plains. […]

Bloodless

I. Remember yourself on this day; The way you looked, the way you talked, the way the sun shone on you; The way you wanted so badly for something to happen.   II. A friend suffered a nervous breakdown the other day and I thought, “Oh, good for him!” as if it were a wedding […]