How to explain what I saw in you? My ego so tenuous in those lost, middle years, Everything sugarcoated, just to survive. You lived in a...

George had dozed off into a fitful moment of unconsciousness inspite of the consistent sound of the shelling. He awoke with a start,...

When my husband Bob surprised me with a near end of pandemic get-away to Honolulu I was beyond thankful. “Yes, I’m in!” I blurted with...

The thrift shop is packed with treasures and I spy the Easter lilies… flat in a basket on the glass top of a lighted cabinet. They’ve...

At almost 22 years old, I wasn't used to guys who were invested in my orgasms and never tried to get away without using a condom. My love...

She craved connection. To be in control and free of pain, God, she craved to belong. She prayed for release and summoned strength from...

Small-eyed, small-eared, a mole perched like an ace of spades on one eyelid, a mastoid-depressed void behind one of those ears, pale of...

In grade school we'd stare at the clock, the minute hand marching relentlessly, indifferent to our questions: How could a minute last so...

Pear drops of happiness hang: are sugared lanterns of night dripping nectar sweetness - a honeybee’s glowing warmth awaits each...

1 We drove from Harlem to Vermont in silence. My sister Jodie sat next to me in the backseat, reading when the sun was out and sleeping...

Just like our house in Saigon there is a table and a mirror by the front door. For a mirror facing the door would reflect all the good...

I wake with frosted breath under an unfamiliar armpit. A foot I think is mine pretzels with Mystery Mans replaying last night’s memories...