We walk cautiously along the trail in leaden morning light, here for the spawning salmon and for a change. That’s…

The teenagers on the subway were giddy as they downed their Starbursts, shrieking and giggling, trading yellows, reds, and oranges.…

I trace a line from the top of her forehead to the tip of her nose, a peachy pink so…

Your best friend, Meg, is scared for you. She wants to accompany you to the lake, but you need to…

The uranium bird has been picking seeds from my lawn. It’s easy to tell where it’s been; it leaves behind…

We were in search of eggs. White ones like the moon, and some as big as newborn puppies in the…

Your perfume suffuses the hall, assaulting me before you do. Jo Malone Waterlily. You only wear it at night, a…

A dream is a film happening while you watch. A boy running with a flowered pillowcase flying from his hand…

Still, nobody knows if it’s better to write about snow on a country road from an apartment in the middle…

The first person I killed didn’t run. I never knew his name, just his crime, so I called him One.…