Sally Knaak, (the “k” is silent, why?) had so many questions about life, about boys, about adults, about sex, about the life cycle of a cicada. No one seemed to have solid answers to questions, especially the one she asked …
This is how it will happen. Wearing black, I will slip on gloves of the softest, supplest leather, then I’ll soundlessly turn my key in the lock. He never bothers to slip the bolts. The lock will be silent because …
The office had almost completely left my mind, replaced with memories of sightseeing and relaxing on the beach. My kids and I got to see the Blue Jays beat the Yankees while my wife, who didn’t care about baseball, spent some …
We didn’t want to take turns, for once. They couldn’t stand the both of us looking at them, touching them the way each of us wanted to touch them, instead of pretending one of us had control of both hands. …
Hours have passed – seems like forever. We were due back in Tech right after lunch – it’s now two o’clock. “Hey, you dicks, let me out of here.” Me spending Thursday afternoon smoking weed with a bunch of lunatics …
“He looks like you,” Mavis had said of the garden gnome she’d presented to him for his birthday, which Arthur hadn’t found amusing because it was true. They had the same wispy beard and ruddy cheeks. There was, of course, …
Justin yawned. He edged his way down the stairs in his bare feet as he had done every morning for two months, careful to avoid the creaky tread just before the end. He held the tray of food in …
Dora had a Ph.D. in molecular biology, and like all holders of advanced degrees in the hard sciences, she had an eye for making a buck in a side hustle. So when she saw the local farmers’ market full …
“I’d give anything for two eggs, sunny-side-up over hashed browns, four thick slices of bacon dripping with grease,” Merv says, slicking his hand over the stack of cement blocks they’re using for a table. They’ve left the tunnels, for the …
His back to the breeze, his face squinting into the overhead sun, Reg bent at the knees and slipped his hand into the dark earth. Lifting the soil in his cupped palm, he separated his fingers and tilted at the …