She’d started throwing the bottles, the smashed glass in shards, pulling everything out of the trash and hurling it on the ground.

Bill had his assistant google “antipode”. “An antipodal point is the opposite side of the world to where you are.”

After Lucian died, Ellen had to figure out what to do with his body, and how to contact his family.

“Happy belated birthday,” said the other officer, and they both gave me their backs on their way to the cruiser parked on the driveway.

How he loved that desk! Of course, he was proud of it, but more than that, it held the memories of a lifetime of service.

On Wednesday morning when the old red Hyundai Sonata makes its way down the gravel drive, pulling up in front of the house,

When he first heard of his father’s illness, it was mentioned in passing: a casual note at the end of a letter from his sister

The bus station was within walking distance, and buses going anywhere and everywhere awaited her.

The boy was also not without a sense of humor, and would sometimes weave the fronds

Studio RAI seemed able to attract the biggest names, despite the irritating host. Even Mina appeared one Friday evening.

He remembered a night not long ago when she had said, “I need you, Brian.” He had arrived home late again

Ruth couldn’t remember what they had been doing before, why she decided to linger while the rest of the building hurried to the shelter

Naturally, Billy did not have many friends. He was simply too inconvenient to have around.

Her brother, Joesep, has accompanied her because she speaks no English;

Maisie lingered in the office supplies section before ending in home goods. She enjoyed this aisle most because she could tell that the man at the counter took pride in it. Often, it was stocked with new, unique things. This time, he had added a box of pens, with dark

Three weeks later, Alex was still there and not showing any signs of moving out. She had quit her job and was supposedly looking for another one. Occasionally, she helped out at a friend’s nursery but the friend couldn’t afford to hire her full or even parttime.  Lauren was looking

My daughter starts college in the fall and only speaks to me when she’s in need of money. My wife nags me all the time about a cottage we saw upstate about three years ago. It’s in the mountains. The back deck overlooks a huge lake. A slow-moving stream runs

Three years earlier Lizbeth had moved from her small town in upstate New York to a suburb of New York City.  It had been a question of economics, safety and comfort – a dark studio apartment in a questionable part of Manhattan, but with reasonable access to job and city life

She drummed the fingers of her left hand on the rows of color-coded tabs in the drawer, pretending to deliberate, the brilliant stone twinkling with each gyration under icy fluorescent office light.  “Thanks,” Malik mumbled when she handed the folder over, quickly wheeling himself away.  Dom coughed and turned, seemingly

She was the diamond brooch of the family, who had roasted chickens, hams and turkeys, stirred gallons of iced tea, and served pound cake on Franciscan Apple earthenware. No calorie need ever be counted, nor any puff from a Virginia Slim. She bestowed comfort from hands fragrant with Porcelana. Cold

A slim mirrorless camera sits in the center of a display case among camera lenses and larger DSLR cameras. Technology has vastly improved since this camera came out. Working photographers would replace it with something with more megapixels and a better lens. They’d write off the donation on their taxes.

They searched for unholy things that lived amongst the trees. They were born from the very trees they’d be strung up on. A sin birthed smelling of a flower. The mob marched, holding lanterns and axes. They were not people of sin.