There was blood on the ceiling. My blood. My brain refused to believe it. My brain had retreated from the…
My parents purchased the house at a steep discount. The family that lived there needed to sell fast. The mother…
Isn’t it always the way? You meet a guy. He seems nice. Sweet. You go on a couple of dates.…
The door opened. Silence descended. This time the sergeant had a little old lady with him. Hat and glasses, clutching…
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He was deposited along with the others in a large, tiled basement. They were told to form a line, then…
I got a job processing property claims at a company in Orange County. At the time, I lived in North…
A heavy August day in London, 1989. The tube was crammed, breathless. He needed to change at Hammersmith and chose…
She woke up around two in the afternoon. She would wrap herself in a robe, pour a diet coke over…
I did not need another laptop but the sign in the window said ‘reduced to clear – half price’ and…
My mother didn’t know my neighbors on 33rd Street. She knew the ones on Edgemont, Osborn, and Alameda. I circled…