PinnedMitcHELLEnjoy the story in this special Medium format by clicking links to the parts below, or read it in its original screenplay format here. MitcHELL PART 1: EXT. RAILROAD TRACKS ON MAIN STREET — SOMETIMEmedium.com MitcHELL PART 2: EXT. MAIN STREET — MORNINGmedium.comScience Fiction3 min readScience Fiction3 min read
Published in Lit Up·Sep 27MITChellEXT. EMERSON PARKING LOT — MORNING Leo comes to a quick stop in the parking lot at the old Emerson Elementary School, which sits in the middle of 8th street within walking distance of both the highschool football field and Mr. Kidderman’s house. Hannah pulls up as Leo and Rich…Fiction9 min readFiction9 min read
Published in Lit Up·Sep 11MITChellEXT. NEVERLAND Dirk, tentatively following Jason, steps down the stairs leading off the plane. They walk onto an immaculate, empty tarmac, where Neverland employees dressed in sailor uniforms are standing at attention. All of the employees appear to be eerily calm, perhaps awaiting Jason’s orders. …Horror4 min readHorror4 min read
Published in Lit Up·Sep 4MITChellINT. THE SHARP FOYER — AFTERNOON The front door of the Sharp house opens and Shelly steps into the foyer. A column of dust illuminated by the late yellow light sneaking through a nearby window greets her. …Science Fiction5 min readScience Fiction5 min read
Published in Lit Up·Aug 21MITChellINT. LEO’S KITCHEN — MORNING, OCT. 18 Leo sits at a round kitchen table with his back turned to a rain-speckled window, watching a small TV set on the kitchen counter. His hair is still undone, and the newscasters on the TV could almost be a dream, he seems so…Horror10 min readHorror10 min read
Published in Lit Up·Aug 7MITChellEXT. CARNEGIE LIBRARY STEPS — SOMETIME In the absence of the festival, which was packed up and carted off to emblazon another midwestern town weeks ago, Main Street looks more than deserted. What once felt like a cathedral full of dancing light now feels like a crypt full of medicinally…Science Fiction7 min readScience Fiction7 min read
Oct 12, 2021Communication SystemsI’m happy to announce that Communication Systems, a multimedia project that I worked on with my cousin, Samuel Hardman, a designer and artist, is available on his website: Communication Systems - samuelhardman A multimedia project combining poetry, illuminations, and augmented reality. Our goal in combining these mediums is to…samuelhardman.net Communication Systems is an encompassing work that combines poetry, illuminations, and augmented reality.Poetry4 min readPoetry4 min read
Published in Lit Up·Sep 2, 2021Member-onlyTransmission No. 16Lit Up — August’s Prompt: Harvest Season — Red leaves of rust fall from old iron-blue oaks like sparks out the autumn barrels of an ancient red-nosed rifle line pointed at the pulp-soft heart of another AWOL-crazy year. They found him prophesying to a dance of winter-worried ants under the persimmon tree, picking in the twilight-colored fermented fruit, …Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Lit Up·Apr 16, 2021Member-onlyMitcHELLRead Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15, Part 16, Part 17, Part 18, Part 19, Part 20, Part 21, Part 22, Part 23, Part 24, Part…Poetry4 min readPoetry4 min read
Published in Lit Up·Apr 14, 2021Member-onlyGlory DaysLit Up — April’s Prompt: Distraction — This spring sings with expert joy. The trash-stenched trees that line the street, Bradford Pears, bloom so white that I don’t even want to care. I saw a doe asleep with her speckled prize beneath the awning stretched across someone’s winter- worn deck, just like the robins’ eggs in the nest they…Poem2 min readPoem2 min read
