L.V. Gaudet

The construction site was abuzz with activity.  Already behind schedule due to a calamity of errors, and then from the site being shut...

The construction site was abuzz with activity.  Already behind schedule due to a calamity of errors, and then from the site being shut...

I can see the tractors, the workers, and the great swaths of black ruined earth marring the weed infested tan stubble of the once...

I can see the tractors, the workers, and the great swaths of black ruined earth marring the weed infested tan stubble of the once...

On the edge of the last small untouched part of the woods a lone figure stands silently, hunched against the cold in a thin worn jacket,...

On the edge of the last small untouched part of the woods a lone figure stands silently, hunched against the cold in a thin worn jacket,...

Beep Beep Beep. The incessant beeping and growling of construction equipment relentlessly fills the air, driving all the nearby residents...

Beep Beep Beep. The incessant beeping and growling of construction equipment relentlessly fills the air, driving all the nearby residents...

They are being ruthlessly knocked down by the big monstrosities of metal clearing sections of land to make room for more houses.  Day by...

They are being ruthlessly knocked down by the big monstrosities of metal clearing sections of land to make room for more houses.  Day by...

“No!” A swarm of swears bursts through Kevin’s mind, but he checks himself. Mom would lose it on him, especially swearing in front of his...

“No!” A swarm of swears bursts through Kevin’s mind, but he checks himself. Mom would lose it on him, especially swearing in front of his...

2 The buyer has had enough of this morbid shrine to those who are no longer here. “Is there a basement?” The realtor pauses, thinking...

2 The buyer has had enough of this morbid shrine to those who are no longer here. “Is there a basement?” The realtor pauses, thinking...

1985 Kevin wriggles in the dirt and leaves, squirming and struggling to pull himself free of the fallen tree imprisoning him, feeling...

1985 Kevin wriggles in the dirt and leaves, squirming and struggling to pull himself free of the fallen tree imprisoning him, feeling...

201 Like the kitchen and living room, the bedrooms are an eerie shrine to the past residents of the house. They enter the first room.  It...

201 Like the kitchen and living room, the bedrooms are an eerie shrine to the past residents of the house. They enter the first room.  It...

1985 The boys race back, crawling over the rotting downed tree, and through the woods.  They can see the house through the barren limbs...

1985 The boys race back, crawling over the rotting downed tree, and through the woods.  They can see the house through the barren limbs...