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Cleaning house
Her pregnancy test was positive, but he drew the line. He would not go back east. “And give up all this?” he shouted as they stacked their stuff in piles outside for…
May 8, 2017 -
First date
His nostrils froze the moment he left his mother’s, and discovered her neighbor with a red hat and red nose stuck halfway into the road. “I don’t own a shovel anymore,” his…
September 14, 2016 -
One snowy Saturday
It was that kind of afternoon. Paul rolled out his dirty jokes to offend Eli, who played indignation with panache. Albert edged each sidewalk, and Harry finished with the broom. He took…
June 25, 2016 -
Little Joe
He came with a hefty price-tag, a pup bought as a breeding dog for $1200. Time passed and the little guy only dropped one, a red flag for future litters. He was surrendered to…
September 26, 2015 -
Role model
The little girls look up to her, and her talent. She knew how to sit quietly, patiently, for the time it took Mum to make up her eyes, like Elsa’s from Frozen. She stood…
September 14, 2015 -
Hollow hopes
To her, everything seemed possible that day. Optimism glowed in her eyes, and when she left the shop, the owner felt more positive about young people than he had in a long…
May 18, 2015 -
Solid
She is top in her class, and gets guff about it from the other kids, but she ignores them. She runs faster than the fastest boy. Her last hardest time was when…
March 13, 2015 -
Throw the logic out with the bathwater
Why does anybody really think more guns will mean fewer deaths? I mean, really. More cars mean more accidents, more mouths to feed mean more expense, more cats mean more cat hair.…
February 20, 2015 -
Runaway
For a few minutes, the vaulted ceiling of the station, the kind light, made her feel everything would be all right. If she made it to DC, her grandmother would be happy…
December 4, 2014 -
Old friends
“Where is the bus?” Rita said. Anya was busy studying the new iPad her son had bought her for her birthday. The internet eluded her, but she could play a few of…
November 29, 2014 -
Gaze of love
All Johann could think about was that wink he got from Sally, the coolest turtle on the rock. Last week, he had ventured all the way across the pond and into the…
November 22, 2014
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