ENTRE NOUS
When Bob Johnson arrived home from work, he found his dog, Mabel – a wire haired terrier – in bed with the postman.
“Hi there, Bob!” shouted the postman cheerily, saluting Bob with a half-finished bottle …
(Full Title) We’re Still Debating Whether ‘Mud’ was Really the Name of the Doctor Versus the Monster or if it was What he Called his Sled Since Those Tapes are Due Back to Blockbuster on Thursday
That guy from the …
The images are grainy, the figures move jerkily across the screen, the angles all wrong. But it’s him alright. There is no doubt about that.
“You sure, you wanna see this?” the detective asks me. He tastes this poison every …
On the field somebody calls for the ball, yelling, “Xavier! Xavier!,” and hearing the name makes Rosemary mad all over again. Adam had lied to her. A straight-out, bold-faced lie. Lies plural. Even after the third library notice …
Mystique died of food-poisoning. The Red Food dyes I had ordered weren’t really for food. And although the town hospital was only minutes away, fortunately, time failed us.
“Tick-tok, Tick-tok. Time passed, time arrived, time flying. Time and time again, …
She took her book to the meadow to read in the fading afternoon light. The day was temperate. Around her the sounds of insects and bees predominated. Their drone made her sleepy and her eyes swam as she read.…
Marcus waited outside the church basement until the AA meeting was over. He put his hand in his right pants pocket and fingered the harmonica which made him less anxious. He rubbed his finger along the metal sides as he …
So, doctor, what does the MRI show?
You’ve basically lost your knuckles in your thumbs. Texting, gaming. See it more often. Used to be reserved for old men who did typesetting.
How can I have lost my knuckle when it’s …
She liked to pretend, on cold nights, that she was in the coffin with him.
She would lie on her back, stiff and straight. Pulling the bedding up close on both sides; bunching it until she felt more like she was …
Everybody else in line is impatient except him.
He just stands there, smiling, behind the ancient lady and her elderly son who reads and re-reads the billboard menu to her, explaining the items as he goes, trying his best to …