The pier runs out into the ocean and stops right where the boats come and go, come and go. When they built it, they knew exactly…
The man who had taken up unwelcome residence at my booth was arranged sloppily, one arm thrown over the back of the seat. His necktie lapped at the…
The box was bigger than I was. When my father hauled it into my room, it sounded as heavy as lead when he thumped it down on…
The phone rings in the front office. Two weeks ago our receptionist had gotten her fill of Red Valley and moved out, so Ernie and I have…
It was a night wedged between blizzards — the streets were clear, but more was on the way. Half a foot or more. Don Maclellan on…
“My magnificent machine contains all manner of creatures.”
I remember summers of paper cartons.
Two of them could hold enough apples to make a pie, but sometimes the peaches came…
His nose was bleeding. Looked like it had been for a while. There was blood all over his hands and shirt and his teeth were pink with it when he…
On a craggy island in the Mediterranean with shaggy grass and poor soil there was a tree that defied odds. Rooted in soil too…
A sunset night on fire, the notes of a ballad. Already a memory before they happen. Instant isn’t fast enough, nor…
