Shoelaces
Nathan jumped off his bike and rang the doorbell. He let several seconds pass, then opened the door. He was keen to get his chore over with. Electric…
Eugene and Robinson
Eugene Rose, the future Seraphim, met Robinson Jeffers on the beach south of Carmel one clear and still day in 1960…no, that won’t work. Real figures…
Hungerford
In Australia, there is always somewhere further out with redder sand than where you are. The famous poet on a tour stops in a town that straddles a…
Long Island Sound
It was a gray Connecticut day on the beach. My friend and I heaved head-sized rocks in the air above his little brother, who rolled and twisted on…
Hollywood
The guy we met in L.A. wore a sweater vest with a check shirt buttoned all the way up and he had a tattoo in the shape of Iowa on his inner left…
Fiction
My friend Brendan rang. “Anna’s killed herself,” he said. What else could I do but laugh? The regional train was chugging past my platform when he…
A Conversation at Dana Point
Andy said once more that God could never allow a human being to enter a state as terrible as immortality. We were sitting on the back of the rental…
Veteran
Geoff joined the Army at Estancia High School. He didn't graduate. In July, after four tours of Iraq, Geoff came back to his friend Jose's apartment…
Trip of a Lifetime
I bashed my friend over the head with a family tragedy. We had to stop walking, and there in the doorway of a McDonald's, I told her the details.…
Trial
We had a friend who was on trial for rape. In the papers, it was reported as a consensual encounter that turned sour. Both drunk, after a party. His…
