loneliness
Sara was in a room full of hammers. There were probably 10000 hammers in this room. Sara was shin-deep in hammers. There were no shelves…
During the day, my husband snores in rhythm with the dog. Some may say it is cute. I would not say that exactly. Today, two…
A can of gasoline weighted the left side of his body, a scale so familiar to his life, a scale layered over the burr of…
She flicks the foil to the ground and grips the rickety swing chains, two teenage fists wiping grease up and down in a motion she…
The other maids tuck and dream, while they pick up M&M wrappers and thongs. Dreaming when they leave what will never be enough towels, not…
With the bear, you can tell. But the heart is the least like soap. Red and lacquered, it could be plastic—a doll’s heart maybe, perfect…
I had a few issues like crying and being mad at everyone. My friend lived thousands of miles from me but she was trying to…
Jack was asleep in the backseat, so I parked the car and ate my lunch. The playground was vacant but the lot was full of…
When Miguel was just thirteen he realized that loneliness could make him do almost anything. A girl a year older than him named Gabriela with…
This lake has a woman’s name. On the drive up here, upstate New York spread out before us like an old wound, she told me…