God of Our Fathers
April 17, 2018[…] His father was often gone on business trips for a week or more. David felt that the news of his father’s death was a mistake or perhaps a twisted joke he was too young […]
[…] His father was often gone on business trips for a week or more. David felt that the news of his father’s death was a mistake or perhaps a twisted joke he was too young […]
[…] but said it way too much. “You look better, Charles. Doesn’t Charles look better? How is Charles today? Better?” Dad decided he was going to let me live with Mom. He called it a […]
[…] that looks a lot like my red Schwinn beach cruiser. I go to get on my cruiser, ready for home, and Dub’s garage door is still wide-high in the air and my cruiser is […]
[…] his sight the outer contours of a town. “Drop,” he yelled. “Drop!” He watched the town sp read out briefly below him and then gather into the jungle again. He heard the faint blows […]
[…] if he would ever get to painting this window or if it even mattered anymore in a world this different. He turned back to her because he knew she was watching him. She knew […]
[…] go to Hollywood and be a movie star. Some man in a shiny car stopped at Carter’s Market for gas one day and told her she looked just like a movie star. After that […]
[…] I spent two and a half years in Korea on my mission. Then went back to teach English for a year before the draft called me.” MacDonald nodded. “What’s your rank?” “PFC, sir.” “How […]
The reservoir was drying up, and the former townspeople of Jordan Gap came to the receding shoreline at the end of winter. They camped on the flat and stood in the mud at the edge…
[…] summer to make her happy. She disappeared into their bedroom. A sorrow like thick, curdled milk sp read through his stomach. He opened the front door and followed her, Dr. Cohen’s advice on a […]
The sun streamed unimpeded through the kitchen window, warming Jake’s back as he ate a bowl of cereal. It was a pleasant feeling, but also strange. Usually the light couldn’t get in. His RV blocked…