It was embarrassing, sprinting in his shiny funeral suit, trailing the paper kite over the hillocks. And from this he gained some sense of the ridiculous and the infantile that fathers persevered through for little-ones too young to recognise it as anything other than wondrous.… more
Tag Archives: Children
Child of the Fox King
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Matthew Thomas MeadeA due date is like the first day of school. Waiting for it so long. Stuck dull on the end of summer, looming.… more
Toward a Happy Culinary Life (Notes)
FICTION by David WhelanAt the final word he looks sad, perhaps recalling his first love (jam), but his observation lingers across the sticky plastic table and your children, at once, come to a realization that all is not right in their world. That their parent is either a liar or, worst, fraudulent.… more
Marriage Laundry
FICTION by Mahdis MarzooghianSam was teetering underneath that fragile leave-stay threshold. She had to make it just past that…… more
Trot Trot to Boston
FICTION by Hugh BurkhartMy wife’s mother has been with us for nearly a week. Our first few days home with our son were tough and we asked if she would fly in from the east. The request, we both agreed days before her arrival, was premature, erupting out of the seething stress following two nights in hospital after… more
Dog
FICTION by Stephen Hundley“Have you ever shot anything before?” Mary aimed the gun at Byron’s foot, and watched him step back. “You can kiss me again.”… more
Half a Man to Bury
FICTION by Mike Anderson Campbell“Uncle Bill got his legs bit off by a shark and died before his body was brought to shore. You might have seen it in the news… more
