Solitude

A Quiet Ride

1 minute read

“I’d love to, babe, but my phone’s just about out of juice!

The Way Home

3 minute read

The white line on the highway blurred and steadied.

Fear

less than 1 minute read

I hear them, wriggling and squirming, first to my left, then my right, and then it filled my whole world with noise.

Guilt

less than 1 minute read

“I know what you did,” said the voice and hung up.

Haley’s Tree

less than 1 minute read

A dense bluff of silver maples grew behind our house.

The Gymnast

less than 1 minute read

The gymnast contorted backwards in artful retroflection, her ribbon efficient in its sparely motion, the structured rules of physics seemingly vandalized in ...

Buckethead

less than 1 minute read

Hop on the exam table, Mister Smith, and let’s take a look at the carnage, shall we?