The blue ballpoint pen rolled across the yellow laminate table and stopped against my sugar bowl. Gregory set a folded…
Stories
Pink Winter Coat Sent to a Post Office Box in Ohio
The cedar chest in the spare closet smelled like cedar, but the pink wool coat inside had a dark, damp…
Two Signed Receipts and a Blue Folder on Oak Street
The gas bill was eighty-four dollars higher than last month, and the ink on Hector’s water notice had run from…
Clara found a forged receipt for forty thousand dollars
The hum of my thirty-year-old refrigerator always died down just before the compressor kicked in, leaving my small kitchen completely…
Nine Bottles of Sage and a Map of the Red Desert
Jimena stood still while her mother, Elena, tugged the corset laces. The royal-blue silk dress had cost eighty pesos, a…
Two Plane Tickets to Savannah and the Sixty Day Marriage Agreement
Arthur did not look up when his knuckle scraped against the formica table, leaving a thin smudge of butter. He…
Why Grandmother Margaret Saved Fifty Dollar Cards in a Velvet Tin
We sat at my dining room table with three rubber-banded bundles of my grandmother’s mail, mostly final utility notices and…
Three Days in October Saved My Father from a Cruel Plan
The hum of the bedside oxygen concentrator was louder than usual, clicking every four seconds like a cheap plastic clock.…
The Only Door That Opened When the Others Closed
The blue light of the phone screen illuminated the cold congealing oatmeal on Ivy’s spoon. The email from her father…
Garlic Parmesan Crazy Bread Copycat Recipe
Garlic Parmesan Crazy Bread Copycat Recipe Soft golden breadsticks brushed with melted garlic butter, coated in parmesan cheese, and served…