Lotto Labyrinth

A plush leather couch sat comfortably on another sidewalk of suburban enclave, a lay of street barely distinguishable from any other on that grid.…


Zone Out

Two boys met in Mariam Elementary School. They were troubled boys who took things very seriously, so every bruise or insult or naïve misunderstanding…


A Troublesome Person

Joyce Carlyle traversed the busy intersections during rush hour in her Saturn minivan. The skittish, motorized putts of laborers and office jockeys…


Conflict in Utopia

The city of Los Verdes runs construction in patchwork patterns like a little puzzle game, sprucing up bits of road at the least opportune moments for…