We carry out the unction for our aging father on the dining room table, anointing him with a variety of…

I ran over a nightjar with my car. It wasn’t my fault—it sat there roosting in the right lane of…

For two years now, Leonard’s wife hasn’t wanted to have sex with him. He figures it might have to do…

The third store we visit has been raided. The shelves are like rows of gapped teeth—missing flashlights, missing batteries, missing…

Here is what you’ll bring to grandmother’s house:

I know something is wrong when the spot in the corner of my right eye won’t go away. I was…

“Sit sideways,” the photographer says, “or you won’t fit.” Obediently, they turn, bare flesh sliding smoothly against the porcelain, and…

Last stop on the LL line. Subway platform outdoors, a track on each side. A green-lit bulb above each track.…

Every thought and prayer was answered. Everything reversed. The news crews packed their vans with cameras and microphones, and the…

As she kills the flies, Gloria asks for mercy, then sprays an insecticide that sticks to the walls for weeks.…