Haley Alone
Nothing but a trail of broken bone and rotten flesh.
Melancholy
Lies
“Why are you late?”
Before Dinner
‘Tonight will be perfect’, she thought, snipping an errant shoot and placing the bonsai tree on the table’s centre.
The Joker
Two guys walk into a bar; the third one ducks.
For the Love of a Dragon
She’s a smoke show.
Mitzy and the Butterfly
And as quickly begun, it was finished.
Love Potion Number 11
The world stuttered in a queer slant as I sat up.
Haley’s Tree
A dense bluff of silver maples grew behind our house.
Six Minutes
That’s how long it takes us to realize the Sun has gone dark.
I Shovel Dirt
I shovel dirt into the hole and my face breaks into a sweat despite the cool night air.
Compassion
Eunice set the picture of their Caribbean vacation on the side table as quietly as she could, trying not to wake him.
Twenty-Three Years In
It’s late at night and we lie in bed