A gash appears in the wall. She is pushed through it, up to the heavy surface. More shots and then a shout. Continue Reading Blank Wall
You guys were at the pier that afternoon checking out the seagulls, and I guess maybe at a certain point you felt my look on you because you turned away ...
We are naked and in the water when Liz, who has the idea first, throws the ball in a high glittering arc over Sara’s head. Continue Reading ...
It shone through the window, then curtain, then onto the rug… Continue Reading Red Laser Beam
The host introduces you as her favorite rock star poet. Everyone cheers. Two people buy a chapbook. You live off that night for weeks. Continue Reading So You ...
I wanted to preserve it. I liked its passenger compartment, which held me like a friend. I liked driving in this thing, to… not many places. A gas station just ...
She responded by imbuing the Allegro ma non troppo with defiance, unusual for her, giving angry voice to the two opposing forces within the score and sidelong glances to Zhou ...
Obligations, unfinished chores, filled her head like a cloud of gnats. She closed her eyes, took a breath, and released them all back to the ether. But when she looked ...
everyone’s shouting do it or fight or get him Kane or fucking do him, then Kane’s charging and the sound, thwack, like punishment, wood meeting temple Continue Reading ...
Until he pulls out the knife, the young man sitting in the corner is like every other homeless man that comes through the shelter, a little smelly, a little crazy, ...
He wanted a set of burnished keys that unlocked everything. He wanted a key to open bank vaults and executive suites, a key for molten doors on the surface of ...
This is not what I imagined when I asked God for a brother. I had thought of a boy like my best friend’s brother, four years older, who is gallant ...
“I mean, what are they gonna do if they wanna take ‘em back!?” I used to say. That was a joke of mine for a long time. Yeah, got a ...
He couldn’t remember who had started what. Had he grabbed her breast and squeezed at her poking swollen nipple underneath the grey sweat-stained top? Or had there been some ...
We reached an understanding as I stared into one of Turner’s stormier seascapes. You came up behind me, tucked two icy fingers into the soft warmth at the inside of ...
Does your hand rub over the skin, or move with the skin, I asked. Claire placed a sandwich bag over her bristle brush to try and demonstrate the skill. Oh, ...
I find a heavy stone before slipping out of my clothes. I weight them down and run as best I can, the wind chasing me, catching me each time it ...
All of this is façade, of course. The young girl at the counter might believe you, but the manager is back there, and he knows. He’s thinking the new girl ...
Paloma Zamora González tries to be a tolerant person, she really does. But no one likes to be tested. She works hard on her lawn, often in seething, pitiless Florida ...
She turns away from the window and catches her reflection in a shard of mirror still left hanging in its frame. There are red welts on her arms and neck ...