July 9, 2018
Nagasaki Boy
Yashimoro rounded the corner of the beach and saw a massive sperm whale washed up on shore. He approached the beast cautiously, taking a circuitous…
July 8, 2018
The Unfinished Tower
Sanity is a curious thing, difficult to define, and usually deemed legitimate by the judgement of others. As I look out my bedroom window now,…
July 6, 2018
The Refugee on His Wife’s Birthday
For lunch, you take him to the Greasy Spoon. No joke---that is its real name---but the food, you swear, is good. Still, the dead, almost-gem-like…
July 5, 2018
Little Pills Like Pearls
He felt like shit, but then again, he always did. Today was no different. He sat with his councillor and listened. Wasn’t he supposed to do the…
July 4, 2018
#SpeakEasy
“#ThinkThenSpeak.” Tony glanced at the words printed with permanent ink on the cup of coffee he had ordered. He casually took it from the barista on…
July 3, 2018
Blood Knot, Part 3
V. Her apartment was huge. It was on the top floor of a twelve-story building. It looked as though it took up the whole twelfth floor. She slipped…
July 2, 2018
Bubblegum Cigarettes
Momma says she named me Dawn because I was born with a headful of hair as golden and radiant as the rising sun. When I was just a little girl, Momma…
July 1, 2018
The Busker
The shop sold incense and crystals, Native American flutes, and roughhewn natural clothing of no particular shape. The incense was overpowering. My…
June 30, 2018
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Alice was glad to get back to her secluded sylvan cottage now that her week was at an end. Tom, the outside package deliveryman for the Braille…
June 28, 2018
Grounds
When Lori makes her second pot of coffee on Tuesday, she notices that she always refills the glass canister of grounds when it is only half empty. So…