short story
Saturday Project
It’s true: Laura listens well and says just enough at the right times. Geoff has even seen her do this and thought nothing of it. Still, he senses an undertone in Marcus’s gratitude
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The Queen of Zilch
My dad had come downstairs that morning to warn me not to wear anything crazy at the party or do my face up like a drag queen
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Never Too Late
The dog showed up at his ranch on a cool morning in April, two days after a spring blizzard blew in off the Rockies, leaving a foot of snow and …
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Sweet Jimmy
Hollywood Forever Cemetery was the last quiet place in LA. Once. A hundred people were crowded around a grave. Laying flowers on it, sobbing. An old lady wearing a bandana …
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Mr. Penny Sees Red
It had been quite a day for Mr. Penny. First he’d been struck by that—was it a van, or an ambulance? The ambulance came after. Yes, he was certain of …
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Two Hearts
My mother and I were in Bristol, visiting someone. A cousin, or something. We were having tea—like this. Our hostess . . . and her teenage daughter. I would’ve been nine or ten. Children …
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