She was halfway into her seat before he looked up from his phone. “Hello, Frank. They’ve changed the name of the restaurant. Antoine’s now.”

The beer he handed me was half empty. I thought the bottle was sweating, but since the liquid was room temperature, it must have been

“Who’s Dick?” “What? What dick?” “No, Who’s Dick.” “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Whose dick?” “Just listen to what I’m saying. Who. Is.

I sigh, frustrated as I lay on my bed in the semi-darkness, the light from my phone illuminating my face showing to anyone who might

  She said she used coffee grounds to fertilize her plants. “Really?” I said. “Coffee grounds,” she said, “Here, want a sniff?” She thrust a

  His arm still aches when the air is cold.  The shoulder tightens, the muscles tense as though they still have a job to do. 

  Betty Brookstone and her ladies had been crowing about their new trainer, and their cult-like adulation of this man irritated me. Like many in

  “What are you doing out here?” she asks, standing in the doorway of the shed. She is backlit, but he does not need good

I dated my soul mate for a month before he dumped me and I met my wife. I don’t believe in stuff like soul mates,

The first boy who caught my attention played varsity basketball. Cedric maneuvered through the other players in lighting speed and successfully performed a layup. I

On our first date, Sal takes me not to watch the sunset on the beach, like everyone else, but the sun at noon, on a

His garret had large windows overlooking the market. From his desk he viewed the green topped stalls with a radiant array of fresh fruit and

About my tenth time around the rink, I accidentally bumped into the girl in my third period biology class, knocking her to the ice. “Sorry,”

she’d spend most days in a small corner of the kitchen, the twelve-inch black and white television – later upgraded to a sixteen-inch color (a

The orange vase is placed on the left side of the table right next to the lavender candles that you’ve always loved. It hugs three