Flash Fiction
Sorceress
Marie climbed the ten-foot torch outside of the drive-in restaurant and lit her cigarette. A little drunk. A little hair caught on fire. Like a halo. She was sixteen. Her brothers were far away, deer hunting, hidden in camouflage among Canadian Geese, transfixed by white-tails bearing majestic antlers, some in velvet. Still, the brothers got …
Why Are You Standing So Far Away?
Why are you standing so far away? I mean, I can still make you out through the ship smoke and snowscreen static—I’m just wondering, is all. Even when I’m not looking at you, I believe that you exist like I believe Greece or God exists, like I believe the killer in the closet exists, like …
Teeth People
My dentist fired me and now I go to the one in the strip mall next to the Li’l Cricket where Shawn got arrested that time for eating a Slim Jim before he paid for it. He did pay for it. He was going to pay for it. The cashier didn’t care. She’d already called …
Preserves
What to Do in a Bear Attack
The Cosmonaut named Her
Inheritance
Silk, Cocoons, and Leaves
Empty Nest
Birdsong
The Delaware Memorial Bridge Is Really Two Bridges
The article said you abandoned your Corolla roughly mid-span and jumped from there. All these years, that’s stayed with me, the word roughly. The suggestion of sloppiness. Of impulsivity. I can’t help but feel insulted on your behalf because that wasn’t you. The you I knew would have made sure to find the precise point …
Mistakes Happen All the Time, And Also Sometimes They Don’t
Every morning, at 9:30 sharp, Tania’s neighbor slips into his high school letterman’s jacket, straps on an old pair of roller skates, and spins around the street. Her neighbor is in his mid-60s. Or thereabouts. He is a short, compact man. Older than Tania, for sure, and with a face always slightly windburned-looking. He is …