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Nutrition
When she came home, some ghosts were in the kitchen. What she thought were ghosts. Like when you see a bug in a dark corner and then it’s not …
The Glass Cow
The cow seemed normal on one side. They were milking her when our fourth grade class walked up, pulling at her teats, squirting hot, white milk into the bucket. …
For Sale/Wanted
Adjustable lap desk
Vicky emails me to say that she’s VERY INTERSTED. The lap desk sits over your legs and the top surface has an adjustable angle so …
South Beach
After Eve ate the apple, God created South Beach. He, Himself, was a bit stoned at the time.
He cut the water with a causeway: on one side He …
Hostages
It’s 4 pm on a Tuesday and Tim Browsky is next door with his wife and a gun. Orange cones and yellow streams of caution tape encircle Tim’s apartment …
Pool of Tears
Two days before Valentine’s Day, a Friday, you give one dozen red roses, candy, a mixed CD, and a card, in which you use the word love. You are …
Artless Dodgers
In the first few months of 1968, it was never far from the thoughts of young men like me that one morning soon the mailman would arrive with a …
Natural Mechanics
I couldn’t understand why my brother, whose sole income was $600 and change a month from Social Security, would spend up to $300 at a time on plastic robots. …
The Fears of Children
“Have you seen these?”
Bright streaks adorn the pages in my wife’s hand. “No,” I say.
She gives me one. “They were hidden behind his nightstand.”
A house sits …
How Tommy Soto Breaks Your Heart
1. Tommy Soto is short, and it is embarrassing. He is both Mexican, and Jewish and that is peculiar. He is freckled and in drama club. He has braces, …
