May 111 minShared FateCarl sat on the cement bench outside the ancient administration office and enjoyed his roast beef sandwich. High above, in the nooks and...
Apr 261 minOpen RoadUnder the same moon birth, death, love, hate, right, wrong - life all stand before us. It is just mileage that separates the sameness of...
Apr 141 minBitter and SweetMarissa stood in the doorway of the nursery and gazed at the basinnet as late afternoon light filtered through the blinds. She and Tom...
Mar 251 minCareer HitchhikerI have chosen jobs as a hitchhiker travels, getting into whatever car stops, and riding until I am cast out to start thumbing again.
Mar 101 minHomecomingKatie clenched her jaw as she stared at her old house. Its windows smiled like broken teeth, and a plywood front door stood eerily ajar....
Feb 231 minTruthYou are not your wounds. They puncture, bleed, scab and heal leaving you wiser. You are not your scars. They mark you permanently, making...
Feb 101 minTalisman of CourageMarta sat in her car as the sun set. Her art opening tonight would be the ultimate in exposure. She clutched the tiny red lacquered...
Jan 271 minCold SnapAt 20 below, ice forms long clear crystalline fingers that grip frigid eaves, knuckled talons of winter. Snow becomes pale grit light as...
Jan 61 minHand of ProtectionThe morning was still cool when Madison wandered into the souk. Copper lanterns, brass candlesticks, and stained glass lamps beckoned,...
Dec 21, 20211 minHow the Love Gets InKaitlyn wore armor around her heart as a knight would into battle. It was invisible to all but the men she inevitably rejected. She had...
Dec 6, 20211 minNo Man's WifeI am no man’s wife, the mother of no child. I live as a single candle burns, alone on the windowsill, a pinprick of light in a dark...
Nov 22, 20211 minThe Ring VendorI wandered the streets of Marrakech amidst the din of bargaining and the smell of spices and roasting meat. When I came upon the ring...
Nov 10, 20211 minEnvyIn early winter, I walk the river’s edge as snow falls silent as a dove’s wing on the mountain. Scattered flakes whirl, lifted by the...
Oct 26, 20211 minLast MementoMary struggled to open the old wooden trunk in the sweltering attic of her late grandmother’s house. When the lid finally popped open,...
Sep 27, 20211 minDoom with a ViewRich and I sat and held hands on the rocky outcropping as the sun rose. We’d chosen to come to the wilderness to watch the meteor’s final...
Sep 8, 20211 minIn Love with Uncertain FutureWhat began as a summer encounter now drags itself inexorably through a painful slog toward an uncertain end. I see what you cannot say...
Aug 26, 20211 minUnder the UmbrellaAs Jason and I left the restaurant after one of my best first dates, I could hardly believe it was raining. I’d felt an instant...
Aug 11, 20211 minIcarusThere were signs, signals, and warnings a subtle crack in the mind, an internal unwinding. Overwhelmed, you fled outward, away, against...
Jul 28, 20211 minThe Scent of SummerLaila ambled down the dusty trail toward the river. In the distance, the Gallatin Range rose to meet her, ablaze in the morning light....