Death
The first use of fire is generally associated with Homo erectus, who are thought to have begun using fires approximately 1.5 million years ago. I…
Sand oozes out of my pores. My hair, the color of sesame oil, smells of seashells. I am on the ocean floor. I cannot remember…
carved, old mountains If she looks through the trees behind her daddy’s garden, she can see Hillcreeker houses that are not brick and seem smoky….
People needed guns to feel worthy of their clothes. People needed guns to finish sentences with integrity. They liked to fondle their guns, warm the…
Farm fingers found a carcass in the chicken coop. A hawk had had it, left it there for later. He scooped up slow, hands spread…
He holds his hand against the sun, looks out at the combine in the field, where Father bled out. A figure shimmers in the heat,…
Alva Bunt watched her husband go into the bottoms to cut the sweet gum and balsam, the big horses lifting their heavy legs in and…
Once a week I drove my truck to the cabin, following the river gorge. The Truckee River leaks out of Tahoe and winds north at…
A red fox in a black garbage bag was my first, and then the countless possums, coons, and the squirrels—for them I just use paper…
I couldn’t see over the dashboard when we hit it, but my father described it as a red flash sucked beneath the beam of his…