My dad came home from work and sat on the black leather couch in the living room. He always sat in the same spot. He always looked tired. Every night went the same: first work, then couch until the ... [+]
Short Fiction
Heavy dark clouds were accumulating above the city, the precursors of a violent electric storm. Horse-drawn buggies in the streets were seeking shelter. Igor swept dust motes and dried cockroach ... [+]
I've always been curious
about the identities of old statues.
The minds
behind the cool
... [+]
Lost in the light
of a laundry
room,
clean
air
invites me
into morning.
I
... [+]
Sometimes, a fishhook
and a bit of flesh
are all you need
to save your baby
and
... [+]
I imagined diving under all that churning water to look for coins from faraway countries. My feet would be glued to the ground carrying the weight of one of those old-timey, metal spaceman-looking ... [+]
"She's a difficult pleasure," I said of my ex-wife. I was standing at the front door of her house, talking to her new partner, Sammy, a woman. My ex-wife, Lily, was not there.
We both took in
... [+]
At The Corner Bar read-in, a man wearing large work boots and with dark hair flopping over his forehead sits on a love seat, reading. A woman wearing a golden sweater hovers over him.
"Excuse me,"
... [+]
The day a new planet appeared in the sky:
"What is it?" they asked, "Where'd it come from?" and
... [+]
Jada had a serious problem. The problem was named Kyle, a 5'6", blond example of what happens when you give your kids too much praise when they're young. Jada was our best friend, and despite being ... [+]
As the guests were transitioning from dinner to dessert the gracious host approached the bandstand, took the microphone, and dismissed the band. "Let's hear it for Carl and the Clean Scene, greatest ... [+]
She sleeps like a dead weight now beside me, lowered into the night, the ropes of the day swaying around her. We know nothing about each other really. She does not know how often my ex-lover visits me ... [+]
I pick up the photograph of us. It's my most prized and most hated possession. You know the one ... [+]
A visit.
Wooded, wooden and magnolia sheltered. Panel lined to be specific.
Breezeless evening
... [+]
Once
I encountered
Danger
in the shape of a man
and he fascinated me
with his
... [+]