“Okay, Sam-MEE, are you ready?” Jose asks, his curls bouncing despite the weight of the water droplets splashing off them. I nod. As I...

My sister Dana had recently gotten dumped by her boyfriend Teddy. I liked him fine, but knew he wasn’t “the one,” just the right wrong...

I would’ve been better off growing wild on a hillside, or even pushing up through a sidewalk crack in some neglected suburb. In your...

There where we walked over stones between cliff face and sea trees stretched our spirits to sunshine, to sky and the stream’s drill awoke...

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There's a story I don't tell about two stupid things that happened. One thing happened the summer before high school started. I was at...

Once, God came to me in the form of a cat. Two thousand one had been a stressful year. I lost a job that I had held for years. I was...

Luca raises the wine glass to her mouth. A simple move to conceal her disdain. The dining hall is dimly lit, festoon lights hang low...

A girl walked by me while chatting with her friend. I overheard her say, “I love it. I’m not forced to hang out with anyone I don’t want...

Everyone called it the Millpond. Built by an enterprising gentleman to run his saw mill a hundred and twenty-five years before, the...

There was a surge of electricity across the wires after the transformer exploded on Osage Avenue. The sky washed white from the flash....

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