”I think I can help find your brother,” Anne said. My friend had taken me by surprise. I…
The house Marv and I had called our home was deathly silent as I moved aimlessly from room…
My dad was a sailor. A serious amateur sailor. He and his buddy Chuck won the North American…
God fills the autumn afternoons in Wisconsin with soft breezes. He paints the forests in yellows, oranges and…
Children played in the yards along the block. I waved to them as I walked by, delivering mail…
Twelve fifty-eight P.M. That can’t be the time, can it? I thought, squinting at the clock by the…
January 31. I circled the date on my desk calendar at work with a blue felt-tip pen. It…
“Come on, Tuck,” I said, patting the floor of the 4Runner. “Load. Let’s go for a walk.” This…
Every man for himself. That seems to be everyone’s motto these days, women and young people included. Even…
Red hearts decorated the windows inside the dollar store, but that wasn’t what I’d come in for today.…
Joe and I no longer lived in the same state, so we weren’t together for the holidays, but…
Yet another door slammed in my face. My shoulders slumped in defeat. I hadn’t expected door-to-door sales to…
