It all begins with the light falling on the wood.

The hardest thing I’ve had to do is consider abandoning you.

Someday, I wish to tell you about my days and my dreams. Of my nights and my nightmares.

The elevator doors slid open, flooding Eloise with the mindscapes of its three passengers.

Have you ever tried red baked apples with custard cream inside? You can eat them cold, and they are delicious. My mom used to make them when I was a little kid.

When I met Shawna she was recovering from a brain injury.

The ball park was like a concrete kettle, but this day it held the cold wind of late October.

I am wanton pain

You who walk beneath Father Sun on a cloudless day,

Rania lifts her head off the cot to peer between her knees. Omaja, with her head buried between them, in a cotton white sari, looks like a water lily floating in and out of view.

A single mother, I live on the edge of Hardwick Village, Vermont (pop. 1,300) in a house built a century ago for psilosis-plagued granite workers.

Seven shades of blue reflect the pale white moon.

I can’t hold the weight of the screeching cryptic shadows in my deflated amygdala anymore.

The holidays were upon us, and everything around us was cheerful, bright, and merry.

Tracy’s basement & want of sex

Colleen pulls in front of my house, blasting the horn as I grab my parka, charge outside, and yank open the passenger door. “Get in, MK. We don’t have much time.”

when I smell cigarettes I see her

Wetaskawin Hobbema Maskwacis Meadow Lake LC Parking Lot

When you have your big toe amputated, it makes your foot look larger, which is unexpected.

Narrowness a squeeeze