Familiar
There is a point past weeping, Dr. Christensen thought to himself, when the pain numbs. He peered at his face in the back of a spoon. The distorted image magnified the broken capillaries under…
Shotgun Annie
Shotgun Annie Annie’s German Shepard was loudly barking from outside, and when she went to the back door and looked out Killer was jumping against a tree truck and yelping at a distressed cat…
The Island House
We were giving the kids a bath when the lights in the bathroom went off by themselves. Sheila and I looked at each other in the dimness and laughed. Funny, I said. Whats weird is…
Finding Grandma’s Piece of Heaven
Jeff hadn’t meant to stop. He meant to go—months in the making—but “meaning” wasn’t the same as going. When he looked at the welcoming sign of the town, something in him hit the brakes before…
Man and Wife
This story contains sensitive content The Beginning Polly's truck ate up the asphalt, and the tiny rocks leapt out of the driveway into the street. She'd had enough of her sister’s drunken romance. She said…