Reflection

He tries to deny it, but here he is, the only doctor in Antarctica, and the only one with appendicitis. “Get me a mirror,” he says.

©2011, Ben White

Stroke of Midnight

The thump thump thump of the club’s bass seemed incongruent as he felt his heart quiver and his body slump to the floor.

© 2011, Ben White

(st)ash

His wife threw out the cigars but kept the box.

© 2011, Ben White

Except NASA

As the asteroid hits, no one says, “I wish I had spent more time at work.”

© 2010 Ben White

Compensating

You get your BS, MA, PhD. A JD. You collect suffixes. You squeeze facts in to the very brim, but you’ll never know your real parents’ names.

© 2010 Ben White