FICTION
Belshazzar

Stepping down into the bar Tagore’s, I found before him two small cups of port already poured. He wore red pants and a white tunic, […]

To Each His Own Odyssey

Oliver is going to be a paleontologist one day, but Mrs. D. doesn’t believe it. Oliver talks to her about the dinosaur fossils that are […]

Mr. Howard’s Frisbee

[media-credit name=”Karen Tian” align=”alignnone” width=”300″][/media-credit]We’re in the backyard when Mr. Howard pulls into the driveway. It is 5:15 in the evening; it is Memorial Day; […]

Pai Contra

  When I was a boy and first upset by the strange filthy-looking people who paraded about our streets, asking for things, my father explained […]

Small Orange Circles

It was Anthony who first told me the Sun would explode. He said he’d seen it in a magazine. (Or a book, he couldn’t remember. […]

The Window Seat

I was wearing my sky blue sweater, with an open weave like twine. It’s not actually what I’m wearing, but it’s what I should be […]

Hip Bones

6 Daddy enters the echoing stone house with sharp thick too loud noises. Eve still sits on the floor in the growing dark of the […]

Brotherhood

She was tall this time, with long legs that shone the color of dark mustard in the light from Mama’s room. Andrew watched her follow […]

Cyprinidae

A year and two days ago, she called me at 3 a.m. to tell me about a dream she had: fish, all colors, most with […]

Challenger Deep

[ydn-legacy-photo-inline id=”175″ ] When the jellyfish came, we woke everyone up. They floated down on the ship like snow and even Lev came into the […]

Red Delicious

“Hey, beautiful. Still looking at those retirement plans?” Patty looked up from her computer screen. There was no one else in her office. Probably just […]