Catching Rose Baxter in Room 9
By Sabrina HicksShe slid through her memories, trying to capture one, fireflies filling summer near a croaking pond...
Cleansed
By Gary DuncanShe says don’t look in the bedside cupboard, so I look. There’s a Bible, a spare pillow and a small pile of toenail clippings.
Photo Story: Hydroponic Veggie
By Tamara StanleyIt is mostly summer now. Above me there are skyscrapers, McMansions, slums...
The Muscovy Duck
By Jeanette ToparBalanced on a half-submerged log, she grooms her fine white feathers as if they are a mink coat, as if she resides high in a penthouse apartment.
Sisters in a Hotel Twin...
By Lucy GoldringI’m doing a bum waggle dance at the window. Loosey goosey in powder blue pajamas. See my gone-wrong-Bond-girl silhouette? No other ten year old is this funny.
Photo Story: We’re Not ...
By Francis J. TrautmanWhen I attempted to sneak back home near dawn, she was there on the porch in her orange wig, red nose, and white pancake makeup. She pointed at an invisible watch on her wrist and then drew the finger across her throat.
The Crayfish Seller
By Richard BerryA woman walks past my stall every afternoon in this spot at 4:15. Never 4:10 and never 4:20.
A Clean Sweep
By Donald RanardShe was bending over the dining room table taking a close-up of a vase. The table was covered with vases and bowls.“What’s going on?” he said.
Why I Got Written Up by...
By Kathryn KulpaSmother me in redneck kisses. Pour that smoky Bar-B-Q down my neck and lick it off, no rush.
Of spiderwebs and broom...
By Sandra ArnoldI took down the get-well cards on my daughter’s wallboard. A scrap of paper under a silver horseshoe with a date in her handwriting.
The Devil’s in the Deta...
By Pamela PainterA priest and a rabbi come out of a bar. No one saw them go in. No one saw where they sat, what they were drinking or what they said to each other.
Photo Story: Rain City
By Lucie BernheimBen gets up to wash the dishes. I down the glass of wine I was drinking and pour myself another. My arm cast almost knocks the bottle over, but he saves it.
