After you called, I put the tea kettle on and sat in the kitchen. I like watching the steam curl up, slender and sinewy, from

The parking lot is hot. Humid too, which is abnormal for these parts. We circle the facility, searching for the way in.  There’s a desk,

My mother hadn’t spoken to me since she woke me up at eight.  “Wake up,” she’d said. “It’s time.” Then she closed the door to

  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