“Over Before It Started” by Robert Mangeot
The coyote pups have got bold, come right beside the porch near sundown. Gives me someone to talk to, I suppose.
Tag: fiction
“Tears of Growth” by Monica Pollin
The September he started first grade, my son cried every morning.
“The Last of the Great Harvard Men to Fall” by Timothy DeLizza
From the starting gun, the 400-meter dash looked all wrong.
“Kaboom” by Eileen Vorbach Collins
The homework assignment was simple; make something to do with transportation.
“Rhumba” by Alec Binnie
Detective Owen Newlin stashed the stolen LaSalle in the alley behind the Colonnade apartment house and climbed the fire escape, which rose through an open air shaft.
“Dew Wheat” by Denise Hume
“I dew wheat.” I never knew the power of words until my two year old asked to “do it.” Those two little words sent dread flying through my body.
“Each Night” by Christopher Moore
Her Mum thinks it’s a bereavement group. The kids think it’s a ‘special class’ that will make mummy better and smarter. Age-appropriate lies, but both have done the trick, as she’s never had to make excuses again beyond the first couple of times.
“Finally Sleep” by Gissel Reynoso
“Ready to go?” the store manager asks me. I respond almost too excitedly: “Most definitely, I am exhausted.” To say I am exhausted is an understatement. I don’t remember the last time I got a full night’s sleep.