Jimmy was visiting his father when Mr. Crenshaw called to say Mrs. Bittles had died the night before of a sudden heart attack.
A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney
Young Tim goes to Zaire to write his dissertation in African Studies. While there he meets and marries a beautiful librarian
They’re usually poor people, sometimes considered the flotsam of society, always in the way at the grocery store,
Last night my recliner broke. I used the lever to lean back and I went way back, almost heels over head. A shock. I hate going to the recliner store
Standing in line behind a father and his little boy waiting to reach the register
It was her birthday. She was only five the dawn we went out to look at roses in Grandma’s garden
Rose was a plain girl from a small town. She sang in the choir, never missed Bible study, left for the big city
Yours is the first email I opened… I appreciate your suggested revisi… to send the work back once I’ve ma… I can tell you spent a lot of time… I’m afraid, however, that I can’t…
In the fall we lose an hour in most of the United States when we have to turn our clocks back. This is not the case
One, a nun, has her transfer in her hand. She’s silently praying. Another, a hooker, has her income in her purse.
Bug no bigger than a comma scales the wall next to my recliner. He’s climbing
A long time ago you bothered him somehow. Since then he has bothered you back. You don’t know how or
Spider in the sink this early autumn morning swirls in a whirlpool Donal Mahoney
Millie on crutches in the day room tells Fred on his walker to find him.