I met Mia for the first time at my tennis club. A small Chinese woman with dark brown eyes and short-cropped black hair, she greeted me with a heavy Chinese accent.
"Are you Ken?" she asked.
To my
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Short Fiction
Slice of Life
1 min
Swimming Home
Twenty years ago, I took my daughter, Sara, to the ocean for her fourth birthday. She just learned to dog paddle, and proudly walked up to anyone in sight, saying, "I can swim." The sea was calm, so ... [+]
Poetry
Contemporary
1 min
The Crosswalk
Between these yellow lines,
The promise of safety
Retreats before the distraction, impatience, the
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Creative Nonfiction
Portrait
5 min
Tiger, Oh Tiger
The black man who approached from the rear of the gathering at my father's burial looked to be one hundred years old. He was frail, but not bent. He walked haltingly, supported by two black ... [+]
Runner up - Jury
America: color it in.
Summer 2020
- Creative Nonfiction