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DARK: Four micros
Living so closely When the girl falls off a cliff, a few people hear a shriek, see a black dot…
So Much Closer Now
The girl detective has just turned fourteen. She will be kidnapped a week before her fifteenth birthday, ice cream in…
The Meteor
The meteor fell from the sky and landed in the yard of the couple. It charred the grass and flattened…
Alas, Behind the Garage
Alas, behind the garage where the trash cans are, hunched and weeping, your cousin Glenna says she is pregnant and…
We Smoke
We smoke because the nuns say we shouldn’t—he-man Marlboros or Salems, slender and meadow fresh, over cups of thin coffee…
Talking About Ernie Banks
Their father drank Hamm’s when he finished his shift. After supper, on good days, he’d grab the boys and hang…
Amelia
Amelia hates it when people call her Amy. Amy is her mother’s name, she tells them, and her grandmother’s name.…
Good Enough
I heard my daughter was working at Laundry & Tan Connection and hoped it wasn’t true but when I went…
Tiger Free Days
The telephone poles looked like crucifixes. I had the time to contemplate them, and that was how silent it was.…
Lights
In summer, waiting for night, we’d pose against the afterglow on corners, watching traffic cruise through the neighborhood. Sometimes, a…
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