You’d think my little brother would be excited to be a naturally born warlock like me and our dad. But, no, not him.
“I’m going as a ghost for Halloween,” Jerry told me. We were in our bedroom; our shared …
Garden lettuce disappearing.
Rabbits getting fatter.
Summertime yin and yang.
Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in nearly three-hundred online and print publications. His short story “Aliens” has …
Hot kisses
While the ice cream
they’re sharing
Slowly
Melts.
Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in nearly three-hundred online and print publications. His short story “Aliens” has …
I’ll never forget when my girlfriend Amy and I spent our first night together. We were juniors at Big Fork State College in northern Minnesota. She had gumption and drive and was working toward a degree in education with a …
After our Covid vaccination
We felt nothing
But resounding relief.
Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in nearly three hundred online and print publications. “Resilience” a collection of …
From about fifty yards downstream Dad called to me, “Remember, Derek, ten and two. Ten and two.”
“Okay!”
I held my new carbon graphic rod reverently in my hands and positioned it straight up at twelve o’clock like he’d taught …
The invitation read, Time to celebrate. The pandemic is over and Blue is having her first birthday. Please attend. We’d love to see you!
Damn. Now I had a decision to make. Should I go or not?
There’s no way …
Swing dancing night at the Orchard Lake Retirement Home. “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing,” sang the singer.
Jerry could dig it as he sat off to the side in the community room, watching. One …
Neighborhood pond.
Ice skaters joyfully gliding,
Laughing at frozen winter.
Jim lives in a small town twenty miles west of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His stories and poems have appeared in over two-hundred online and print publications. His short story “Aliens” has …
The knocking woke me from a deep sleep. I glanced at the bedside clock. Two am. I went to the front door and looked out. An apparition was half turned, smoking a cigarette and made furtive eye contact with me. …