It was the end of October and it had been five months since Edgar started wasting away. He’d lost twenty pounds of fat and muscle, his jacket hung loose over... Read More

A couple of things happen to me today. I board a train with no other passengers, and I meet Jesus. ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎‏‏‎... Read More

Mama was going for a drive. They found her outside, gripping the wheel of the family Buick with her red gloves. The car mostly sat in the garage these days.... Read More

Minutes after seven that Monday morning, Bertram Allen stood looking out of the glass door of the corner grocery store he had owned for three decades. This was how he... Read More

Minutes after seven that Monday morning, Bertram Allen stood looking out of the glass door of the corner grocery store he had owned for three decades. This was how he... Read More

The rental was fine. Three bedrooms, a garage, a yard with a low fence. But the glass. It was mostly concentrated by the fire pit in the backyard where the dogs... Read More