Bird of Paradise
April 13, 2018[…] “Seven o’clock. Sharp.” Sonny laughed like he’d swallowed the sun and punched Popo in the arm. “It’s 6:00 now,” Mother said. “We’d better have supper right away.” “Right away,” Popo mimicked. “Make yourself at […]
[…] “Seven o’clock. Sharp.” Sonny laughed like he’d swallowed the sun and punched Popo in the arm. “It’s 6:00 now,” Mother said. “We’d better have supper right away.” “Right away,” Popo mimicked. “Make yourself at […]
[…] seat-yourself, serve-your self establishment. Not buffet or anything, but if you want something to drink, you go over to the ice box and get it yourself. Milk, whatever your preference, skim, 1%, 2%, whole—they […]
[…] the girl selling the most would then be crowned Queen. For weeks, friends swirled around Kören to buy and help sell. Her brothers called her “Highness.” But at the carnival that winter, in an […]
[…] Death had spooked Elijah since he was six years old and stuck in Massa’s parlor keeping watch over a life-gone girl, her skin pale as birch bark, her mouth hung open. And oh how […]
[…] of God,” the boy said, gulping for air. Luis pulled on a pair of pants to c over his temple garments. He imagined that he was only a collection of tissues without a spirit. […]
[…] as to what to do next. Teleconference at 11:00 A.M., it says, and then lunch at 12: 30, meetings in the afternoon. Targets to be hit, plans to be made, deadlines pending: the story […]
[…] it from where we stood. The new churchhouse was not two stories high with a peaked roof over its red brick walls and a pile of steps to climb to the whitewashed double doors […]
[…] are many who thought they’d escape. They crouch under cliffs and swim across rivers, and I disc over their secrets thousands of years later. I look at their bones and see peace and despair […]
[…] shirt, and got dressed. He told them he was putting money on the log so they could buy double-decker cones at Cook’s Ice Cream on the way home, and said to enjoy themselves. Jim’s […]
[…] triangle with his fingers. “But to tell you truthfully, it’s a waste of my time. You can buy jewelry like that in a Sears catalog.” Despite the cold air filling the room, Norman felt […]