Author name: Phillip Vega

Excerpt from The Captain & the Queen by Phillip Vega As we settled in, I broached the elephant in the room. I had to know the answer. “So, um, Callie?” “Yes?” she replied, flirtatiously raising her shapely eyebrow. “Okay, now stop that.” I wagged my index finger at her, which she reached out for and . . . […]

The gods must have heard Dad’s comment—and all of our prayers, as VinScully gave us the play by play:“So, the winning run is at second base, with two outs, three and two toMookie Wilson. A little roller up along first . . . behind the bag! It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight, and the

“Yeah, it’s not like it’ll take us that long to fix it,” Callie said. “Besides, it looked like fun.” Callie then dropped her rake, turned around, and fell backward into what was left of the pile. Boof! Another explosion of oranges, yellows, reds, and browns hit the air. Callie lay amongst the scattered leaves, giggling

The Captain and The Queen “Hey, Captain?” she whispered. “You know you can call me by my first name, right?” “I know, but I like calling you Captain. Don’t you like it?” Sweetheart, you would call me Shithead, and I wouldn’ t complain. “No, not at all. I mean, no . . . it’s fine.

The headmaster’s words continued to haunt me. I couldn’t help but feel like he’d been talking directly to me. I couldn’t let go of the idea that there was something more for me to do than what was already on my roadmap. After practice, instead of grabbing a ride home with Matt, I took the

The Captain and The Queen As we walked toward the gym, I couldn’t stop looking back at this beautiful girl. Designer suitcase in hand, she wore a navy-blue overcoat over a pleated blue-plaid skirt, crisp white shirt, white headband, white socks, and shiny black patent-leather shoes. She looked like a prep-school poster child. There was

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You ever completely lose track of time? You look down, get caught up in something, and look up and hours have passed. That’s been my weekend. My wife and I traveled around hitting a few festivals in our area. As we walked around, sampling the various goodies available, time seemed to melt away.  Before we