Trina
I was five years old when my Grandfather told me about the woman who lives in the river. We were up to camp for Christmas. The neighbor across the way…
The Unfinished Story of my Sister’s Hands
Two a.m. I am sitting on the sofa scrolling through the photographs on my sister Kit’s social media account. Her landscapes of the southern U.S. are full of life. Flowers…
This Imaginary Life • Saved • Grain of Sand
This Imaginary LifeThe pilgrim girl left hometo start a life she’d never imagined. Here,on the grey edge of New England, the waves roll into the bay as if they’ve never seen another…
Sanctum
Lochhead had stared at the dust on the slat of the blind and then, taking his own poor advice, he had run his finger through it for a couple of…
This Is Your Life, Feyge Leah
FADE IN. INT EL CAPITAN THEATER ANNOUNCERHere it comes, from the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles, the most talked-about program on television! This Is Your Life! And now meet our host,…
Chrysalis
She kept her eyes trained on the sleeve, the narrow white sleeve, on which she had spent hours sewing the beads. The pattern of the beading was one she had…
Child with Garden Hose • With Our Daughter, 39, and Lewis Carroll • The Crystal Ball Foretells
Child with Garden HoseAt thirteen months my baby loves the garden hosethat snakes across the patio and sprays the silver shining water over marigolds and zinnias. He follows it from…
The Other Mother • The Bathers
The Other Mother My wife sat naked on a birthing stool, her slender arms held our new baby to her chest. Perched on the hospital bed hoping to be…
Look at my Riches • How to Imitate Life
Look at my riches I say to myself as I count you and recount, lose count, and count again the monarch caterpillars you all look identical until your skin…
The Clearing
1. Today there was only fog where usually there are buzzards. Today they came to the oak trees seeking figs. They left with curses in their mouths, berating others for…