Did they tell you Eden was cool? Well, it had a breeze. But not everywhere. Not by the apples, not a breeze like that, what you imagine it was. Him…

We’re in velvet and satin, decorated with lace and pearls, our dyed high heels sinking into the grass. We find the river, walking at midnight, our gowns stained by mud…

Mrs. Ikeman entered the shop just before it closed. She handed the butcher her list.“You’re kidding,” he said when he read the list.“Berlin surrendered…” she began to say, but he…

He’s almost too obvious in his ordinariness, that’s what catches my eye. As if wearing the camouflage of a regular person, just another wan, undernourished white dude in a capital…

Vanessa knew she’d never achieve enlightenment when Fran said it had cost her $400,000 to build the meditation room. It had been Joel’s study, but Joel was gone. Vanessa told…

  Carolina Moon... That's what Mitch called her. Said she shone as bright as moonlight on the Ashley River. Bathed in that very moonlight, Lonnie sits alone on the houseboat…

What will become of the sky? Where will it go with its ice-blue distances, steamship clouds?Wherever the river of fire takes it. Nothing outlives the fire.How will the rocks show…

  for Sheena   Melanie filled a rocks glass with ice cubes, splashed a jigger of chilled vodka over the ice, then filled the glass to the rim with ruby…

It was summer when I checked in at the Brundage House; now there's snow. Outside in the parking lot, holding a protein drink in a polystyrene cup and a paper…

Dr. Khan’s stomach swoops down rapidly at the sight of Tanya; he doesn’t find her to be a woman that he would have had any particular comment on before. Maybe…