Fiction
The Day Nothing Remarkable Happened
If he had remembered to meet her, it could have changed everything. What is uncertain is whether he would have been spared.
Before the Crossing
The boy loved seeing the tent from outside, lit up by firelight, glowing brightest where it was wearing thin.
How to Be a Family
A married couple and their twin sons weather the heartbreaks and savor the joys of family life over decades in this novella.
The Kings of Norway
They all were going around trying to prove themselves, litigating the case for their own worth: Look at me, look at me, look at me—I matter, don’t I?
Harmless Are the Harvestmen We Don’t Let In
Who is there? I called when a spell of quiet passed, though I already had my guess, an automated sighting notice having gone out last week.
Whatever Doesn’t Kill Me
You’re safe now, said the plates, the walls, the glasses, even the golden chandelier that I hadn’t noticed before.
You and Me, Bird
Your near-life experiences have coalesced in this momentary identity. You are a woman speeding along I-10 with a caged green-cheeked conure chirping by her side.
Boys into Men, and Men into Monsters, While I Am Home With the Girls
When you disappeared, three nights ago, I told them you were up north, visiting your mother. Why should I tell them different?
A Packing List for the End of the World
I decide to put the plant in the ground the next time we stop, to insist that something I’ve loved will survive me.
Tumblr vs. Democracy
They tell me that my new job is to chisel a deep and lasting crack into the foundation of American democracy.