From the Editor’s Desk
byFIRST, HIS FACE. Attractive as it is, I add some rosy tones and remove the shadows from under his eyes. The blood-filled, emotive, sympathetic face is in right now. Last…
Stories
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on a Tuesday in April
byCAN’T WE JUST STAY IN BED? Are you going to fold the laundry for me? Are my work shirts back from the cleaners? How late will you be home after…
A Brief Conversation Between Christina and Her Father
byTHEY WERE HALFWAY HOME ON THEIR SECOND TRIP FROM THE AIRPORT when Mr. Williams made his objection clear: he would not have a child at the age of forty-seven. His…
Mega Nourish Pill™
byNEXT YEAR THEY WILL ROLL OUT THE MEGA NOURISH PILL™, WHICH MEANS YOU’LL NEVER HAVE TO EAT FOOD AGAIN. You’ll go to your doctor for a Mega Nourish Pill™ prescription….
Seventh Street Nocture
byIT WAS APRIL WHEN THE FIRST OF THE WOLVES ARRIVED ON SEVENTH STREET and his wife confessed she did not love him anymore. It was April and there were daffodils…
Snow Day
byI DON’T HAVE TO GO TO SCHOOL ON SNOW DAYS, DAD SAYS. There are more important things I have to learn. In some places, there is no school on snow…
Faithful
bynew year’s eve SOMETIME BEFORE MIDNIGHT, HE WALKS OUT ONTO A BALCONY. He climbs onto the ledge and stands there — on the tails of an old year, inching precariously…
A Place to Rest
bySOME PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT DYING AT THE HOUSE ON PINE STREET. Unadorned and unmarked, the white clapboard house delineated the final reaches of suburbia. Surrounded by identical structures, this building…
Log Cabin
byWHEN THEY GOT HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL, SHE PUT THEIR BABY IN THE BASSINET NEXT TO HER SIDE OF THE BED. Six feet away, she rocked herself in his mother’s…
There’s a Patch of Dirt Behind the House
byAS LEWIS AND CAITLYN TOURED THE BACKYARD OF THE BEST PROSPECT THEY HAD SEEN SO FAR in their three-month search for a house, they came upon a grassless, concave patch…