The president had heard we were close and rolled up his copy of Newsweek to issue instructions. The cameras came over, but the president waved…
The bears are expert musicians, or so they like to think. If you were to meet one, he would plainly say, beaming underneath his feathered…
Like mother’s bonsai dying of thirst. Like my son making fireballs in the liv- ing room with a butane lighter and can of WD-40. Before…
My brother on the phone, in some other part of town, “There’s work here,” his voice says. “Digging pits.” By tomorrow’s light I am working…
Sofia and I were eating eggs and talking about touch. She noticed strangers touched her a lot. More than one was named Susanna. Now Sofia…
Though he was found not guilty, the man was deemed unfit for civilized society and sentenced to a lifetime in Wichita. “Like the Glen Campbell…
I saw this one dog by the side of the road. Thing was heavy, with a really heavy face. But no tongue hanging out, as…
Lola treats herself to a burrito at Chipotle. The woman at the next register invites her for margaritas. Sure, Lola shrugs, even though she had…
The hunter delivers the heart to the queen, claiming the still wet organ belongs to a girl. The girl is a body draped over a…
When the aliens came, I said, No, I will not go. But they would not take no for an answer. They said, Your planet is…