Eric Moreno
Eric L. Moreno is a freelance writer and lifelong resident of San Antonio, Texas.
He is a proud graduate of East Central High School and the University of Texas at San Antonio and lives and dies with the Chicago Cubs.
Among his writing influences, he would count Ernest Hemingway, Larry McMurtry, William Goldman, Elmore Leonard, Quentin Tarantino, Bill Willingham, Stephen Ambrose, Geoff Johns and Roy Thomas.
Ex Nihilo, Nihil Fit
Blogs by this Author
The Daily Chore
- By Eric Moreno
- Published 03/8/2008
The Daily ChoreBy Eric L. Moreno
The Daily Chore
I see It Everywhere
Trash.
Refuse.
Rubbish.
Waste.
Crap -- that’s all it is.
In the kitchen pantry
In the restroom
In the bed...
the fire in her eyes
- By Eric Moreno
- Published 02/27/2008
the fire in her eyesby Eric L. Moreno
She could make you laugh So easily.
God, she freed you from yourself
Simply by scrunching up her nose
Sticking out her nose
Or making a dirty sound.
You kn...
The Give
- By Eric Moreno
- Published 02/18/2008
The Give
You feel the Give
There is some thing
That was once whole
Solid
Now … it is not.
Physics and action
Come together
In a playfield of
Violence.
There is a Give.
It i...
Fear
- By Eric Moreno
- Published 02/2/2008
FearBy Eric L. Moreno
Glass shatters and scatters
Like the ruined disks
Of my spinal column
My face bleeds
Burning out the pain from my
Skull
It's not enough to cut through
The Strang...
Don Vicente Moreno
- By Eric Moreno
- Published 01/20/2008
Don Vicente Moreno
By Eric L. Moreno
Stale smoke fills my mind
And I am 8 years old again.
Memories coat me, warm
And sadness fades.
I remember the pilot in his mirrored avia...
The Master of the House
- By Eric Moreno
- Published 01/8/2008
I'm going for something "cute" here with this one ...The Master of the House By Eric L. Moreno
The moving wall to the outside shuts and he is gone.
“Be good and watch the house,” he...
The Prank By Eric L. Moreno
- By Eric Moreno
- Published 01/1/2008
Carlos and Judy have been together for almost two years,
All their friends’ll tell ya, they are in Love.
Up and down, thick and thin, good and bad … in lllllllllloooooooovvvvvvvve.
...
Partners
- By Eric Moreno
- Published 12/27/2007
I looked her directly in the eyes still unsure of what I had heard, yet somehow knowing it instinctively that what I heard were the life-changing words that I had so longed to hear. She had said tho...
An Ode to the Blank Page in Pseudo-Sonnet Form
- By Eric Moreno
- Published 12/16/2007
An Ode to the Blank Page in Pseudo-Sonnet Form
By Eric L. Moreno
Empty whiteness stares back at me
Mocking, taunting, laughing, leering
Hey, when why am I supposed to use “thee?”
...
A Ranch in South Texas
- By Eric Moreno
- Published 12/9/2007
This is my virgin post here ... I have been working on this piece for quite a while and I would love to hear some feedback ... positive only of course! I was struck one day by seeing the remains of an...