Nonfiction

Every Time She Moves

It’s my wife who makes the announcement. She says the word just as I turn a page in the book…

5 months ago

Brief Diary of an Instacart Delivery Driver

  March 10th, 2022 Five-star rating Batch complete! Tip: $10 Though the grocery store was crowded the shelves were stocked…

5 months ago

A Very Matsu Christmas

It was Christmas again. I have always told people I liked to spend Christmas alone, but that wasn’t entirely true.

1 year ago

A Few Feet Away

My sister and I stand side-by-side on the rocky beach. Below us the clear water of Garrett Bay gathers speed,…

1 year ago

Fishing Vessel Odyssey

Side by side in the old Ford F150, past the badlands of South Dakota and mustard fields of Alberta, we…

1 year ago

Swimmers

Earl leaves a message I don’t get for some reason until the next day. He starts off by clearing his…

2 years ago

Storms

Hailstorm We sat on the front porch early that morning, right as the sun should’ve risen, listening to ping-pong balls…

3 years ago

Buck

My father, Buck, was a quick-tempered, mean son of a bitch who, at age 53, shot and killed a man…

3 years ago

First Things Last

The end of the story is clear: the end of my parents as I once knew them. But where exactly…

4 years ago

Even Birds

As a romantic, I sometimes take the evidence of love in nature as proof and prophecy, especially when it comes…

4 years ago

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