by TJ Hayes | May 27, 2026 | Flash Fiction
She had been found on the riverbank with burrs in her hair and water darkening her stockings, speaking in a voice too calm to be sane. “Late,” she said. “Late late late.” Her sister’s name was given. The family’s address. The family’s standing. The proper apologies...
by TJ Hayes | Feb 2, 2026 | Flash Fiction, Poetry
A Life Not Measured Week One Calvin Drake woke to birdsong and the smell of wet earth. Real birds. Real earth. It was incredibly disorienting. Green light filtered through a humid canopy. His body ached as if gravity had thickened during his sleep. His breath...
by TJ Hayes | Feb 12, 2025 | Flash Fiction, Poetry
Red pill or blue? Brother, I chugged down the whole damn bottle, consequences be damned and now my world, my life, my soul exist in some swirling, whirling topsy turvy, state of perpetual purpleness. Is it all some dream, some nightmare? A prison for unruly...
by TJ Hayes | Sep 24, 2024 | Flash Fiction
Vantage Point Perched atop the mountain, he sat, cross-legged and content with his lot in life. It wasn’t the highest peak in the world, not even in the region, yet the feelings of triumph and satisfaction in his heart rivalled those of the conquerors of Everest...
by TJ Hayes | Mar 25, 2024 | Poetry, General
A New Dawn by T. J. Hayes https://www.tjhayesbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/A-New-Dawn.wav An unexpected chill cuts through meOne late summers nightNo, it can’t be. It’s far too early.Hope still clings to dwindling light. Like a blanket Autumn fallsOver my...
