Short Fiction and Poetry

It began with a samba in my chest, a crow beating its wings in furious tempo against my rib bones [...]

My ex-wife had rung me ten times in as many minutes. I couldn’t explain; she wouldn’t give me the chance [...]

I’m the quiet one. The one they, whoever they are, tell you to look out for. They’re right. [...]

Off in the glades, a fawn crouches, hears its own heartbeat, a wolf upwind. & still a whole field killed by lightning. [...]

The anxiety pounds & Fear S I N K S i n t o my marrow [...]

How does one wind up opening a mattress store? For Jorge, it was the family business [...]

Drive out to the wild coast, to forget. Imagine a life— drift across the Atlantic & don’t look back [...]

The old geezer was willing to pay me twenty bucks for doing very little [...]

The man stood on the corner of Main and Cabot surveying his area. He was six feet tall, thin and wearing a black three-piece suit [...]

Trudy Twaddle rubbed clear the bleary kitchen window. Dead cluster flies crusted the frame...Outside, her towels hung sullenly [...]