Her toes were covered with sand, like little appetizers. The nails painted blue; ever the rebel, she.

A wave hushed in, foaming. “I’m leaving you,” she said calmly. “I’m tired of all your crap.”

Another wave slid up the beach, washed the sand off her feet, washed her guilt away.

Gregory Von Dare is a writer and dramatist specializing in crime and speculative fiction, often with a humorous or ironic twist. He attended Chicago City College and the University of Illinois. While living in Los Angeles, he worked for Universal Studios, Disney, and Sony Pictures as a talent manager and developer. He studied writing with Edgar winner John Morgan Wilson. Recently, his short stories were featured on the Soft Cartel and Horror Tree websites. Greg is an Affiliate Member of Mystery Writers of America. He lives outside Chicago where certain people will never find him.