The Good and the Bad
I relish the fine minutia of perfection.
Flash
Fear
I hear them, wriggling and squirming, first to my left, then my right, and then it filled my whole world with noise. The click-click-clicking of their little...
How to Get Ahead
Water dripped from high above. Perseus gripped the hilt tightly and bounced lightly on the balls of his feet. He hated waiting. A growl. Finally. The sword w...
Kitchen Tools
“But what if I hold it like this?” asked Eunice.
Benny
Benny walked into my cubicle and his smile vanished. However, my own grin widened. This gag would play out perfectly. My papers were all laid out and askew t...
Barbecue No More
Steak was supposed to be on sale.
Mitzy and the Butterfly
And as quickly begun, it was finished. White magic. My little sister. Gone.
Love Potion Number 11
The world stuttered in a queer slant as I sat up. I stared at my hand. Love Potion Number 11. I thought it was a joke. Damn you, Ricki. She stood beside me— ...
Guilt
“I know what you did,” said the voice and hung up.
Haley’s Tree
A dense bluff of silver maples grew behind our house. I’d scamper as quietly as I could in the early evenings that last summer before Dad died. He’d come hom...
Beating the Heat
I took the cool can and placed it on my chest, letting the condensation drip between my breasts.
The Gymnast
The gymnast contorted backwards in artful retroflection, her ribbon efficient in its sparely motion, the structured rules of physics seemingly vandalized in ...