The heat of the sweltering August day made the sweat gather at the nape of my neck, running down my back like a trickling spring. Unfortunately there was no breeze […]
I have learned to love him waking up. The vulnerability of his half-lidded eyes, the shadows that lay across his naked features as he turns over are all so interesting […]
The ability to physically discipline our children has been praised as an effective form of teaching, with realistic and reputable results. And why wouldn’t it be? The rationale, “Because… I’m […]
Abby and Seth locked eyes at a bar. One look, that’s all it took, six months later they were married and a year later they were stationed in Okinawa. Abby […]
Faye Stuart wanted to believe in ghosts. She wanted to believe so badly that she found herself staring desperately into the dark corners of her new apartment, waiting for a […]
Chapter 1 *Presently* Nobody believes you. Those three words echo in my head as I sit in the chair of an empty, dull-looking waiting room. I anxiously await my first […]
We were finally getting new work assignments today. Staring up at the sterile gray drywall from my cot on the concrete floor, I glowed with anticipation even though I could […]
Come in, let’s go out to the back porch. Watch your step. Slam that door or it won’t stay shut. It looks heavy but the lock freezes and you have […]
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“Momma, I’m sorry, I just can’t do my hair as good as you can,” I say meekly. I’m met with a sigh. “Fine. Grab a stool to sit on and […]
A gray Honda minivan pulls up in front of the small girl, Phoebe, with eyes of a thunderstorm. Sunshine backpack on both shoulders and the peach hair of her ragdoll […]
I’ve been numbing with reruns of Cheers every night. I hate Sam and Diane. They wasted so much time not being together. It’s not that thinking of him makes me […]
Don’t cry child, in your courtyard they bathed the dead sun, and buried the moon, before leaving. — Faiz Ahmed Faiz Srinagar. 2:00am. The city burned at […]
A door bursts open and slams into the wall. My little sisters and cousins flood the room with yelling excited voices so loud the room spins like a kamikaze. Talking […]