“You’re crying.”
“I can’t reach mom and dad. They’re not answering. Not their cell or their landline.”
“Honey, we knew it was going to happen. Down there, close to the equator like they were: the electricity probably went off for …
Laura Lynn had a theory that a wedding encased men like a prehistoric mosquito in amber. The way a man was when you married him was the way he was going to be for the rest of your life. She came up with …
“I came here to die,” said the old man in the chair next to me beneath the shade of a coconut palm, mere feet from the endless expanse of the Pacific.
Looking over at him with an exasperated sigh, I …
(Or, how I escaped government work and became free as the breeze)
Sweltering day on the Oklahoma/Texas border, bridge job, late 1950’s. Hot and humid, maybe 105 degrees, It was the kind of day where you could lose eight pounds, …
A hand jostles his shoulder, breaking study of the gallery floor. Parquet that’s tan, five panels per square, teams of four, repeated, repeated more. Mrs. Hill leans close.
“The subject is ahead, Richard.”
He lets his head rise, keeps the …
The culprits rode three horses, one with a distinct, odd shoe leaving sign Riddle’s been following for five days. They’re brothers—Leon, Ralph, and Otho, him that has but three fingers on his left hand. The Coakley brothers, each hunched behind …
So you’ve woken up in the morning, brushed your teeth, ate some cheerios, kissed your spouse goodbye, lifted your briefcase and opened the door to leave for work six minutes early to avoid morning traffic. You’re heading down the driveway, nudging …
Memory does not remember much of this day, forty-five years ago when a recent college graduate made his way from North Carolina to Jacksonville, Florida. But we know that his trip involved a young girl he had met the previous …
A cautionary reminder of how smart our devices are becoming
It was one of those should have, could have, would have situation. The e-mail came in addressed to Garmin c/o vanislepeople (at) gmail.com with the title “version 13.0 as requested”. …
Standing nearly six foot three in high heels, Sally easily opened the door to Jimbo’s. She stepped inside and stopped as the door closed behind her. Gave her eyes a chance to adjust to the dim interior.
She saw fifteen or so …