Fiction
Fiction
There were classes where you became a family. It was a kind of love affair.
Story of the Week
They had been good girls. They stood by him when he killed a man.
Fiction
We began to obsess over water, where it came from, where it was going.
Fiction
Her cheek was like a plum about to burst and you had to close your eyes.
Fiction
I’ve got my hands around the man’s legs when I notice the blood.
Story of the Week
You slouched on the couch, naked, in front of the air conditioner.
Story of the Week
She was painting a bedroom, trying to be a good mother, wife, Catholic.
Story of the Week
“O youth! The strength of it, the faith of it, the imagination of it!”
Six-Word Stories
The joy and anguish of youth, captured in two six-word stories.
Story of the Week
It was the way of the world: everybody wanted someone else.
Story of the Week
Dr. Zee knows his son is struggling up out of some chemical fog.
