Setting 14
The grinder is a Wilfa and the lid is held down with a rubber band, and in nine years Tom…
Stories
The tap
Milo stopped chasing mice and his numbers went up. Ingrid worked it out over the summer. He sat by the…
Why success nearly broke Tennessee Williams
The winter of 1944 was cold and Tennessee Williams was tired. He was 33. For nearly a decade, he’d been…
When I started doing embarassing things in my living room
Turning forty doesn’t happen all at once. There is that first time you grunt when you bend down to tie…
The man who bottled up his emotions
“I need to focus.” Tom took a deep breath and pushed down the frustration building in his chest. He’d gotten…
Save a little love for me
The girl came down the stairs, holding her small teddy bear tightly against her chest. She held it close. The…
The Weight of Empty Hands
Do you know the feeling when your hands don’t know what to do with themselves? When you reach for coffee…
The garden of failures
When my grandmother died, I inherited her garden journal. Fifty years of meticulous notes about what she planted, what thrived…
The Music Test
I’ve always been a complete jerk about audio speakers. Hand me control of one and watch me turn from a…
The Cardinal’s Song
The phone rang. Sarah’s hand trembled as she reached for it, guided more by muscle memory than conscious thought. “Hello?”…