Two Eggs in a Pot
Egg odor poisons the kitchen air, and in her mind the yolks slime the inside of her mouth, their spoiled milk taste lingering even after she’s brushed her teeth.
The Character Lessons
My father wanted to build my character so that nothing could destroy me, not even him. He wanted me to be strong and resilient, confident and self-assured, capable of overcoming ...
Younger Men
“Rachel knew that Drew must have felt Patsy’s judgment and he would not look up.” In today’s #StorySunday USA, a new mother considers sliding doors of possibilities.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday
The Dark Room
Lucy knows all these things about him, and more. She keeps them filed away in a special part of her brain, the part of her brain that deals with difficult ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday
Slumming It
There are moments, situations, that define relationships, when there is a rightness between two people – the way that a society host and hostess, cold-shouldering each other for months, would ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday
Notes of Improvement on Parisian Trains
“Empty, she wrote, even though it wasn’t an improvement, because sometimes she just wrote what she saw.”
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Hey, Bob, Aren’t Ya Talkin’?
He turns into the hallway, walks its length, then grabs the gold knob on the storage room door. Locked. He walks back to the men’s restroom. Also locked. He knocks.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
Once a Smoker, Always a Smoker
“I don’t know why you wanted to meet here of all places.”
She said it in a voice of perfect exasperation that was all at once disheartening and ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
The Promise
In his mind Harold prepared a speech. If Maggie was going to fire him for stealing food, well, OK, it might’ve happened but he’d never gone overboard, and he ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
FOR GRACE AFTER 9 P.M.
A lover makes a plea
Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday
NEW YORK HANG-UP
A woman walks away
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
THE END OF BRITISH SUMMER TIME
A man ponders his unfamiliar solitude
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
A SWIM
A woman’s morning swim is disrupted by her ex
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
APPELDORN
On the impossibility of comfort and shelter
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THE ACTRESS WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO KNOW SHE IS PERFECTLY FINE
A television actress sets the record straight
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
DON’T BORROW SUGAR FROM NEXT DOOR
A woman picks up the pieces after her man goes out for sugar
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Friendship Issue
THAT SUMMER
The confusions of love
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
WANTING
He didn’t know he wanted this until it was happening
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Loneliness Issue
WHAT’S MINE IS MINE
A relationship frays.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, short story, StorySunday
A SUNNY PLACE
Is apathy a trait that can be managed?