Lily unlocked the back door of the thrift store using a key that didn’t belong to her.
The back entrance was substantial, its metal frame and door thick and heavy. Lily tried to push it open, but it barely moved. …
Camp A. A. Humphreys, March 8th, 1918
Dearest Lily,
There’s one thing I guess the army can’t keep us from doing and that’s dreaming. I was having the swellest dream about you this morning when Morgan came in and woke …
Harry’s heart felt like the earth after being hit by a meteor, shattered into pieces, nothing but a deep empty hole—a feeling he had never experienced before. He sat on the couch in his living room beside his wife, Shanti.…
You are 17. You stand in court in your Walmart suit. The gavel slams down, the judge’s voice booms out the verdict, Jordan Stackhouse has been found not guilty of murder. Unbelievably, he repeats the same words for the …
Butch Snodgrass, proprietor of the Lucky Diner & Bar in the small west Texas town of Emerald was waiting tables in his establishment when the mysterious stranger walked in off the street that morning with no warning. Emerald contained just …
I will never visit Heal the Man Church.
Nadder!
Nix!
“Why not?” They ask.
Why not when the whole neighbourhood’s up and running, arising and shining, singing, Thou Art Holy Lord, as they proceed to Heal the Man Church where …
Sharon and I spent the morning re-organizing my kitchen cupboards. “Downsizing,” she called it. We tossed out a plethora of kitchen gadgets; a pressure cooker, a Dutch oven, and three small glass Coke bottles. “From the last century,” she said. …
You wake up and the red numbers on the clock show 1:26. The room is a thick black, a dim light shines through the crack at the bottom of the bedroom door, and your husband is sound asleep. You know …
The people of Salo had been gathering since the early morning hours, anxious to catch a glimpse or photograph of one of our riders before the big race. As we sat on our bike racks, our metal and carbon frames …
Zara gripped the steering wheel, frustration simmering as she turned into the parking lot. “We will go out for dinner. Another day.” Lately, her interactions with Lucas had been rife with conflict. He would be twelve in a few …