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Urban Legends of the Dead
It’s not a matter of if. One day you will hear the story. There’s always whispering around the ones waiting to board.
We wait on the shores, at first …
Mothers and Boyfriends
After months of leaving contraceptive devices in the medicine cabinet, coaxing me to enjoy my nubile sixteen-year-old body while I had it, my mother took matters into her own …
Sea Monster
The men of the island are out hunting sea monsters when one of them falls overboard. The others search for him all night long, but there is no trace, …
Time Capsule
My brother, when they opened you up and found what they found, at first I was enraged. How could I not be?
The surgeon must have initially been confused, …
Ronny
Ronny’s probably dead by now.
The first time I met him, I could see why his mom’s ad had asked for a male nurse, someone who could handle his …
The Loneliness of a Track Star
Dad led a pretty unfortunate life for all his later successes. It seems that most of his stories end in a half-assed punch line.
He ran track. He lived …
Attempts on a Life
He hears us all.
My mother addresses Him by name, weeping into her pillow at night when she thinks I am asleep and will not hear her.
Alice calls …
Mom’s Suspension
Mom’s wearing her favorite blouse, the one she cut and hemmed into a toga that shows the scarred patch where her left breast was, when she steps beneath the …
The Suspenders
I walked in my house and thought, what the fuck?
“What the fuck?” I was calm, careful not to yell.
“What?” Ben said. Ben was my roommate, a friend …
Rituals
Oscar is digging again. Tearing up the northeast corner of his weedy, bumpy lawn. I count silently as he hits ground. 22 … 24 … I skip odd numbers. …
