Cigarette Guy
Tommy was sitting in an oversized red leather chair and looking at Dr. Leventhal shuffle folders on his desk. There was a brass nameplate on the…
Fraternal
Tommy wrote on the unpainted sheet rock wall with a pencil. “3 ft 3/8 inches off the face of the column. Snap a line. Then 3 ft 9 ¼ inches. Snap your…
Gone for the Cure
Every morning, Sean’s lunch cooler and coffee thermos sat, waiting for him on the linoleum kitchen counter. Today, there was a small piece of white…
Cracking Up
I’ve suffered from panic attacks most of my life, some self-induced and some not. It was Regina’s 35th birthday party. We drove up with our…
Cindi and John
In front of the Key Food supermarket on 108th Street and Rockaway Boulevard is a blue and yellow aluminum can redemption machine. John’s feeding the…
