Category: Fiction
The Girls in the Burnt Valley
Mae doesn’t understand how her mom can find sedative comfort in this junk food buffet of her deepest fears.
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Holding Pattern
She waited until his footsteps, echoing slightly in the silent house, approached the bedroom. She waited with murder in her heart.
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Finger Bowl
We didn’t get out much. Working class parents providing for the family. Saving a dollar here, quarter there.
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Orange Grove
An orange grove was no place for secrets. If a man could not speak freely there, he was possibly lost in a deep and troubling way.
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After the Break
In one of the ultrasound images she looked the perfect lady, sitting upright at high tea.
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Drought Tolerant
She can’t remember where she was going or where she’s coming from.
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Brittany from High School Found a Dead Body
I had no experience with death, either. But I understood, even then, that life is a gift, and that a pall hangs over us all.
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Elvis Presley Performs Miracles
His face looks pixelated in the rain. He’s more worried than I am.
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Blood Roots
Curious yet practical, Morena valued her safety more than her thirst.
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Surrogate Love
I say what any mother would if she had this chance.
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