One Fine Day
He awoke, the chest hurting again, a sore ache with each breath. Not enough to worry about, but more than enough to prevent sleep. Looking out the window, he saw…
Dalliance
It begins with the placement of a necklace: simple gold chain links– not curb link, not snake, not rope – in a Figaro design. It is carefully placed so that…
The Philosopher
“It‘s the coarseness of the world I don’t appreciate. How it passes judgment on me without no never mind for what I seen or where I been or what damn…
Family Man
He walks out the front door into a humid day, clouds billowing. They are so freakishly tall that the heights they attain under the morning sun astounds him. In the…
The woman in the car
It’s Saturday. The curtains are drawn shut so that only artificial light can illuminate your words—not that the words themselves are meaningful. It is the sound of those words you…
Three Prisms
A letter to Tessa, age 17, from her best friend, Sylvia [Ed. Note: Full text of letter not provided] … This heart thing you’re going through, I admit it scares…
The long way
It happened the weekend you drove south to help your son find a refuge for the next semester in the big city, i.e., a one-bedroom apartment within walking distance of…
A Little Chit-Chat
You catch the moon by degrees. One evening it’s almost full, the next a beaming gray silver elfin ball, and then that slow decline to darkness, with the sliver…