When I took the picture of my parents, I thought everything was fine. We were happy and we were a family. I guess I was wrong. A year...

She moved her fingers Along shadowed curvature, Feeling the hollow strength Of such a stem. Her repleteness beguiled me With strength She...

The months between second and third grade are a lacuna in my memory, save for the final day. Its details flood me with cruel clarity,...

Ellis had the same dream each night. Her behind the wheel of a car, careening around sharp corners and obstructed paths. Even in an...

I’m sitting at the stern of the boat, on the transom, in my new sexy sporty bikini from Target while the tall, tanned and toned Steven is...

Bury me With Slinky’s that intertwine Metallic twang No more Twilight purple and Fanta orange Dollar store Bury me with sticky jams In...

Why do you do this? my daughter asks. I’m wiping clean a piece of used aluminum foil, then folding it into a neat square to be stacked...

I left in winter, ice clinging to my eyelashes, slammed the car door and drove to a cheap motel. I left my guitar behind, came back the...

When the boy is on his knees for you, you will be the one who knights him. Slicing into his shoulders ever so slightly. Shallow cuts...

After something sudden and violent happens to the body, it switches to autopilot. You're still you, but at the same time, not. A piece of...

Seventh grade I learned of Virginia Woolf. A kindred - For I have always carried beach stones in my pocket. Small and smooth, never...

Libbie walked slowly into the house from her car. It wasn’t familiar to her. Her parents bought it two years ago. She thought it was her...