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Tempus

The fires in the hills signify nothing more than their own wonder.

That Final Paper You Want from Me

The consensus was that all the great writers drank way too much.

That Summer, with Horses

My father was at an awful disadvantage in a sport where cunning is a virtue.

The Accommodation

It was a Tuesday, so they made love. She thought it was a fair compromise.

The Afterlife

Sometimes the phone would ring and ring, and I’d go answer. It was him.

The Age of Fable

The Aphorisms of Henry Adams

The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.

The Apple Was a Northern Invention

Afterward, it was nature that was blind, and she who was wild.

The Applicant

I’m still in love with this filthy city, but now I know Berlin's love isn’t free.

The Arms of Saturday Night

“were all here pregaming. at my dads apt. Wher the duck are u.”

The Arrest

No one answered. I turned to his parents. My stomach felt on fire.

The Arrogant Man

He grew a forest of candles and cried when it succumbed to wildfire.

The Art of Becoming a Citizen: A Meditation

It begins on the sunny morning of November 14, 1960.

The Bedwarmer

Anytime I drifted off I wished to wake up against a cold, silent body.

The Beginnings of a Storm

It’s a mistake to be here, he thinks, but he doesn’t turn around.

The Black Cat

The Black Hole

When I meet his gaze, he’s frowning, a hint of anger flashing in his eyes. When saw the fury in his eyes, I thought he was going to kill him.

The Building Permit

They tried to kill us, my sisters, mother, and me; I still have the scars.

The Caterer

This is not America! It is not the America I grew up in, it’s
a joke.

The Chief Inspector’s Daughter

I am drawn to these victims because I was there the night they were killed.

The Church of Abundant Life

“Ki-Tae the famous pastor,” Jae says to her. “Can you believe life.”

The Cigarette Garden

Of late a graduate student named Cassius has joined our ranks.

The Clicking of Cuthbert

The division of the community had become more marked than ever.

The Climax Forest

There in the trees, swinging from branch to branch, they saw Pete.

The Comfort Zone

It was as if my dead husband was flowing within me now, like blood.

The Crab

We buy a bag of cockles and three crabs, all female, sweet with egg.

The Cutter

He’s got a nice, deep kind of voice. He doesn’t sound redneck at all.

The Death of Prince Andrei

“I can’t die, I don’t want to die, I love life,” Prince Andrei thought.

The Delinquents

You don’t feel anything when they cut you, not at first, just the blood.

The Dictators

He studies their mannerisms, looking for clues to the psycho spirit.