“These jeans are almost indestructible,” the salesman bragged to my mom as she pulled and tugged on the inseam of my pants. She pushed her fingers between the waist band and my stomach and pulled upward as if she was …
Vernon Powell turned on the television, sat in his favorite chair, and started looking for a show he liked. He memory-zapped his ten favorite channels, but there was nothing interesting. Annoyed, he settled in better and kept looking. He went …
From the moment she said “I do,” Annette prayed it would get better. But when that hope dissolved into hopelessness after nine years of marriage, she decided to leave her family on a Thursday.
As she sipped her morning cup …
Patrick McFarland was emotional as he watched the final spike being driven, joining the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads in Promontory Summit, Utah, in May of 1869. He was proud of the work he’d done on the most ambitious …
While some people criticized mandates to wear face masks, believing those directives restricted their liberties, Alyssa discovered that wearing the covering provided her a kind of unexpected freedom.
The first time she wore one, she felt self-conscious. That feeling wasn’t …
For Sale: Little worn wedding dress. I showed, he didn’t.
Dawn DeBraal lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband, Red, two rescue dogs, and a stray cat. You will find many of her stores, poems, and drabbles in online magazines and published …
“Let me tell you what I do if I get frustrated,” my new friend Alex sipped his coffee at the only café in town. “This might sound weird, but I take a break and I go look at snails.”
“That’s …
What do I know of the mother who left when I was two? Bank teller, smoked like a chimney, twenty years a disco queen, and a pet duck named Mrs. Peterson.
What did she gift me? Drop-in visits I can …
“Are these stories fact or fiction?”
“Some are, some aren’t.”
Ron. Lavalette is a widely published writer living on Vermont’s Canadian border. His first chapbook, Fallen Away (Finishing Line Press), is now available at all standard outlets. More than 200 …