I have to tell you I was a little embarrassed. I mean I had no idea where you were and there’s your mom asking one hundred and one questions. Literally. I really believe she can squeeze that many into a half an hour. She talks fast man! Anyway, I know Read more…
The first time the message came from a robin. P was four but she wasn’t afraid because her mom’s name was Robin. That was the first time P realized she didn’t look like her mom. She didn’t look like her dad either. But the park was full of people who Read more…
This is not the setting Gwen imagined, a nondescript hospital room. But it makes sense, these are the last hours of her mother’s life. If not with her dying breath when else would she whisper the secret she denied for a lifetime. Pastels and pressed wood. Gwen wishes there was more Read more…
Erica doesn’t much care about what she wears as long as it doesn’t itch. Her sister tired of her wearing the same black stretch pants and men’s sweaters, so she became her personal shopper. Meaghan has good “fashion sense” and calls herself a “fashionista”. Erica thinks the terms sound asinine Read more…
The fucking words were getting more elusive, the sting of the scotch did little to help with their flow. Carl stared at the flashing blue line with rheumy eyes wondering why he was even bothering. The eviction notice was hours from being posted and he’d spurned his last true friend Read more…
Marcus knew she was making up truths. Evangeline was the only one what got some schoolin’ but she said things that weren’t possibly right. She come back up the hill today tellin’ everybody that teeth was just more bones. Marcus didn’t think that was true for everyone. Some people, like Luther George Read more…
There wasn’t another house like Marjorie’s on the block. All the other houses had become more angular, there was more cement and raw wood. Marjorie had never fit in, not since the day she moved in forty years ago. She couldn’t even sign for her own mortgage back then, she Read more…
“I don’t get it.” J. had a slightly queasy look. Kyle realized he had made a horrible horrible mistake. “I… I… shit,” he couldn’t find words. J.’s expression hadn’t changed. Kyle swallowed a big breath. J. was shaking her head. Slowly. It was all so much worse because of how Read more…