Giving Up
My sister turns her key in the lock and pushes. The door moves a handbreadth. Mum croaks from the living…
Dirty Shirley
They say she’ll do anything for a tenner. She’s fourteen. She lives in the trailer park across from the river.…
It’s Still There
Maybe I was twenty-one or so, somewhere around there, young anyway, and I don’t remember much about where this all…
Fusion
The love story starts here. I am dreaming of Orlando Bloom when I’m awakened by an icy poke into my…
Cold Comfort
This is the third year that she has haunted me. She is pale and slightly shimmery, as if brushed with…
Fish Folk
The other moms at the beach are skinny and sharp, all oiled angles and monochromatic bikinis. Mira and I don’t…
Where Have All the Children Gone
After the war, a corkboard appears in the center of the village. No one knows how it got there. Only…
Diamonds for My Daughters
Sometimes you think about her hands. Sometimes, before the sun hits the sky, you sit at the kitchen table, crimping…
The Bottom of a Well is Also a Home
The creature who lives in the well makes noises at night. Small noises as if it doesn’t want to disturb…
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