Sundance Lee draped his old snagging blanket around his shoulders. It hadn’t snagged anyone for many years. His legs were…

First it was the little porcelain dogs with green glass eyes. Each one in various uniforms. A policeman bulldog, a…

And because the house was filled with comfortable things, you wondered. As your wife slept under the perfect thread count,…

One morning, as I stood at the bus stop waiting for the 7:05, my neighbor, Horowitz, drove over my left…

She begins each morning by peeling the dead skin off her lips. Sometimes, she feels like she is shucking corn…

I drove to the county hospital to pick up my mother. She was not as I suspected. They handed her…

The pretty cowgirl’s mouth is wild with tameless laughter, and the tassels on her calfskin miniskirt and waistcoat dance to…

Spirits. Toria doesn’t speak German, but no language is necessary. Her voice melodious with children or men, she tilts her…

Kate knew it would not work with Ethan when she watched him remove the thinly sliced circles of candied lemon…

# Freddie goes missing overnight on a Sunday. That week is a blur of search parties and candlelight vigils, porch…