How to Make a Mirror
Find a pool of water. It should be still. Maybe in a hidden grove somewhere. Remember a person or thing…
Undark
During the day I paint numbers on watch dials so they shine luminescent, but when the factory bell rings, I…
Blood-Related
They spoke with such thick accents that she sometimes couldn’t understand them, her father’s distant parents, but she clearly heard…
Sixty, Fifty-Nine, Fifty-Eight
On our first date, our only date, I lied to you when you asked me about my biggest fear. Sinkholes,…
In the Path of Totality
Our tiny mountain town became a city, at least for the day. Even I had a sign on the front…
Tether
Next to me at the intersection stands a young boy, hands in jacket pockets, hair the brown of thebrittle leaves…
Familiar Talk
Mother Black Bear sits on her haunches under the heavy limbs of the crabapple tree in the backyard. She rubs…
Suit
A man with rusty brown hair, a beard, and a plaid shirt has been struggling with something in his mind,…
Mother of three reported missing after dropping kids at school
One day, there will be a podcast episode about your disappearance, and a woman driving to work will skip it…
Looley Wants to See his Nose
Not in the mirror. Not in between his uncle’s years-ago fingers. Not running all over town like Gogol. Just something…
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