A part of him was happy to see her. She was hard-wired to scrub. The much bigger part of him was wondering how in the hell she found him.… more
Tag Archives: Marriage
Two Stories
Fiction by John A. McDermottThere was nothing to slide off her finger. No reason to reach out to Toby’s empty hand, turn it up, and set something in the middle of his warm palm. Nothing gleamed in the dim winter light. The ring was on a baggage cart, on the tarmac beyond the window, packed in Toby’s suitcase. But she knew it was coming.… more
Dads on Phones
Fiction by Liz LydicPhonesy Johnson’s child, Phineous, is such a DICK!, the blog’s caption read. He wants to play ball, but Dad is CLEARLY so busy reporting to GOD that he cannot spend these 30 minutes providing his undivided attention.… more
To Have and To Hold
Essay by Matt MuilenburgI was never the patient, never the one forced to grapple with what it means to lose a part of one’s body. I was never the survivor, just the placebo, the control in a world stripped of predictability.… more
Lights Out Helena: Montana, 1992
Fiction by Joel WayneOnscreen, George Bailey is wandering the streets of Bedford Falls, pacing by the house of the girl he is meant to be with but doesn’t know it yet. I cry when he shakes her like a rabbit. You think I don’t know that love?… more
Two Stories by Dog Cavanaugh
Fiction by Dog CavanaughIf you’re willing to pay for it, in that part of the country you can have a person’s entire bedroom set along with all their clothes incinerated with the body. … more
To The Man Who Loves My Wife
Fiction by Krista DiamondWhat do you guys do when you’re not having sex? Do you watch television like we did? Is that the faint smell of American Spirits that I sometimes catch the scent of, the bedroom window open to cover it up? Do you ever get too cold sitting up in bed with white sheets covering your naked bodies, puffing on cigarettes?… more
Marriage Laundry
Fiction by Mahdis MarzooghianSam was teetering underneath that fragile leave-stay threshold. She had to make it just past that…… more
Force Equals Mass Times Acceleration
Fiction by Jennifer TodhunterWe talk about death, what it means to lose, but we don’t know how deep a loss can cut yet.… more
