She’s seventeen years old and standing at a bus stop in East Texas. It’s raining, and her hair is pulled…

This la-de-da woman waltzes in. Skinny. Shiny-lipped. Designer facelift. Lenny, the crabbiest waiter, with his crater face, his cigarette breath,…

The autumn chill permeated Ruth’s wool coat as she hurried through the forest, dried leaves crunching underfoot. She clutched her…

“He’s bleeding out!” These words stampede through the air, disembodied from their owner. “Somebody help him!” I stand on the…

We went to the museum, but we didn’t see anything good. We sat on a long bench under the great…

In the first month of the year after the holiday season she felt out of sorts (the season she got…

In 2023, the island known in County Kerry as the Sleeping Giant, named for its resemblance to a man lying…

The giant orb in the night sky makes our friend’s house look like a doll’s house. One of us mentions…

My son…he’s a good boy. I hug him as often as I can. Casey is almost five now, but he’s…

When the first of the last coughs come, I take my father to the sea. I know he likes it…