The Sacrifice
October 6, 2019[…] home. It rained the day before we were to leave and didn’t let up until nearly 6 a.m. However, when the dawn peeked over the surrounding mountains the clouds, though dark, were pulling […]
[…] home. It rained the day before we were to leave and didn’t let up until nearly 6 a.m. However, when the dawn peeked over the surrounding mountains the clouds, though dark, were pulling […]
[…] STILL ALIVE, HEFNER! ONCE HAD A BROKE LEG, THIS BIRD. GOOD SHOT, HEFNER. LET’S GET THEM LEFT- OVER PHEASANT. IF THERE IS A ONE. . . AIN’T NOTHIN’ BUT QUAIL NOW. *** “How’d you […]
[…] “Do you love each other?” the Prophet asked as he looked up to watch the seagull swooping over their heads, its webbed feet posed for landing, its wings swept back by the wind. “Of […]
[…] for stuff. It’s a simple math test. Just take it. I looked at my watch. The 10 6 was due any minute. If it had come early, though, I’d have to wait another twenty […]
[…] vulnerable. Her frequent tears, and his own apologies and conjured explanations left him perplexed and humiliatingly insecure over a physical attraction which had once seemed obvious and elemental. It is true Ellen did not […]
[…] thousands of miles away from England. The quilt would be Sarah’s one day. As she spread it over her own grandmother (who was sleeping again) she couldn’t help but wish that the quilt were […]
[…] her other shoe and stood up. “But maybe we’re not.” She turned on one heel and talked over her shoulder the way Carol did sometimes. Carol would be a high school freshman in the […]
[…] which meat cuts were on sale. Gran always memorized the specials. It took her five hours to buy her groceries and another day to evaluate them. “I don’t think this grapefruit is worth half […]
[…] Carmen had ceased to knead the dough on the table in front of her and was poised over the breadboard as if it were a pulpit. “Nineteen months, Thelm. Wednesday, it will be one […]
[…] their suspicions. One of them called me last week.” Outside the car window, the coliseum lights glared over the playing field. “It seems the women don’t have any jobs that the neighbors can see. […]