Ozark Elegy: Six Scenes From a Funeral
1 “Our story’s not a cypher, Jude,” Dad said. “It’s written in the clay of this hill, and on the stones planted in it.” We stood, together,…
The Soldier Who Searched for Death
Once upon a time a young man named Anthony was working in the turnip patch of his mother’s little farm when an officer of the Czar rode…
The Price of Gold
Wordsworth was dead. A bullet through the heart dropped him to his knees. While both his hands stretched out to my brother and me who’d ducked for…
Overhearing Rachel’s Conversation with God: A Short Story
R.: I have come to your House, sorry Temple, G-d, hm… Elohim, Adonai, Sir… G-d: You mean to my “Home”? R.: Yes, so true, it’s a Home…
Hudson: A Short Story
Super flumina Babylonis Hudson Burrows knows today will be the day he fixes his son, Caleb. He mulls over his plan, while in the garage, in…