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Category: Fiction
The Headless Horseman Walks the Pumpkin Trail at the Lubbock Arboretum
So many possible faces. Once I was a man. Once I held my tiny niece’s hand, watched her fingers curl around my single forefinger. I remember the sweet pink of her skin, the scrunch of […]
Your Girlfriend as an Eternal Fire
They will say no one knows how the burning started, no one knows really, they will dig up wiggle-worm earth from beneath her feet, rain it down upon her in steamshovel handfuls, and still she […]
The Phlebotomist’s Tale
I moved from Memphis to Knoxville and started working at a clinic, taking blood, much as I had before, except I liked this job better, because for whatever reason, this clinic had younger patients and […]
Dinner With Joe
When smoke fills the room is when I see things clear: It will only ever be me and this amorphous dog prowling around what used to be my dad’s farm. The flames coal at dusk. […]
Vertigo, Or a Swarming of Ghosts
Whenever I stare down a flight of stairs, I feel closest to death. When I was five, I almost tumbled downstairs. Death would have been easiest then, but my balance worked out that day; my […]
Grocery List
“Linger” – The Cranberries Lately, you run errands, anything to get out of the house. You are wandering through the supermarket. The lights are too bright. The wheel on the cart wobbles, turns and skids […]
Pine
I love to walk in the pine forest where I live because I find its alien stillness comforting, protective, like a warm hug from a loved one when that is just what you need. No […]
The Kind of Person My Neighbor Is
This was at least 15 years ago. We had this guy redoing the kitchen, which took like 18 months because we’re morons. But anyway, the guy’s day job was, he’s a firefighter. Which means he […]
Rejection Letters 