Short Stories

Colors

  March 3rd 2017

I always knew the shades of gray. I knew the gray of water, and the gray of the sun. People told me there was more than gray, more than black and white. I never believed them. I had lived for 20 years and never seen "color". They say it only comes when you fall in love. But I don't believe them.

May 15th 2017

I never used to believe them, about color. But then I saw her, and as I looked at her, her hair was the most amazing thing. It wasn't grey, it was brown. When she looked at me, her eyes were the deepest green. As I looked around, more colors started appearing. Blues, pinks, reds, greens, and yellows. I had never seen anything as beautiful. She was the center of it all, her beauty filled my world. Her name was Nancy.

March 3rd 2020

I believe them now. Color exists, or at least it used to for me. It's been a year since I proposed, 3 months since her death. They never told me about this. How the color slowly faded, how the first color I couldn't see was blue, how the last to go was green. I just want to see the color again. She brought life to me, she was my world.

April 2nd 2020

Today would have been our anniversary. I would have married her today. I cannot go on like this. Without her, without color. Life has no meaning, it has become a useless thing. As I go into the light I can see green, The green of her eyes.

New York Times

Obituary

23 year old Matt Kremlin, apparently died of his own will, on Tuesday the 2nd. Estimated time of death is 2:30pm. There is no family that is connected to him. His funeral is at 5:00am this friday.