Afterwards, he’d been dragged through the woods. A short slice of a knife took out his tongue. At home, his…
Wow, it’s been a very slow day. The slow days are the worst around here, which is strange when you…
In eighth grade, I wore tons of make-up to Catholic school. I was a rebel. Trying to hide my outbreaks,…
When I was a small child my grandparents would take me blackberry picking. It was usually late August when the…
According to a book I read, the Phoenicians, Egyptians, Hindus, and Japanese believed the Earth hatched from a mundane egg.…
It was only 2:00 in the morning. Finding that she could not go back to sleep, she slowly got out…
I always admired her when I was growing up. No, that’s not quite true. I envied her. I wanted to…
‘Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.’ That was my mother’s mantra. It’s what…
Dad was a big guy, mean looking. Dad was a mean guy. I didn’t know him well. It’s hard to…
Mark only saw it by itself at night, when she would remove it and lean it against the wall before…