I was chasing my little brother through the park at dusk. The whole park was filled with restless families waiting for the fireworks to start. My brother halted in his grass-stained diaper. "God ... [+]

When we awoke, we found a great curtain of linked metal rungs had been lowered to earth from the sky. The chain mail drape connected land and sky and ran as far the eye could see, across the ocean ... [+]

On the middle floor of a grand old hotel was mounted a certain four-paned window—just one window in a long row of windows, set among many other rows. Each window in the old hotel was exactly alike ... [+]

I fell out of the airplane with style, like a raindrop rolling off the bill of some majestic migratory goose. If anyone questions my commitment, they can all kiss off. Who made it to First Floater in ... [+]

To the managers and employees of the AccountRepz Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona branch, third floor:

We are out of patience. Don’t try to stop us.

These were never livable conditions ... [+]

The boy was born into plenty. He was given everything and taught to treat it exactly as such, and so, of course, it amounted to nothing at all. The whole family was something, alright. There was ... [+]

The woman, centered and alone, sat on the long plush sofa. Her notepad lay in her lap. “It’s called Snooze Button,” she began, twisting her pinky into the spiral binding of her notepad. ... [+]

When the café emptied out one sleepy afternoon, I realized why the owner was always talking about ghosts. From behind the counter I heard two souls in conversation at an empty table by the window ... [+]

A certain man of business harbored a secret—he only did his best thinking and strategizing while lying under a pile of leaves. This had been true since he was a boy, when he would hide from ... [+]

Thank you for your complete attention. This announcement comes to you by way of my publicist, by way of proofreading interns, by way of my divorce lawyer, by way of two editors on opposite sides of ... [+]