StrawberryFebruaries are made of forgotten things: one glove left on a park bench from overly warm fingers, one lover lying in an empty bed sans...
DecayThere was no doubt he’d changed. People felt repelled by him. His instinct had become rage. He knew it, but pretended he didn’t. Everyone...
Cliff PeopleThis country is too flat, she tells me. Maybe it’s because of all the people—like they’ve trampled out all the interesting dips and...
SamaraStepping out onto the veranda, Zina opens her mouth to the wind, her lips pursing like the surrounding Zhiguli mountains, her eyes...
The Blind CollectorBlindness has an unfortunate way of announcing itself. It rarely goes unnoticed. Its presence is often made certain through the...
Recollections of a Time Long AgoRemember. I remember. dark words, deep roots in the ground, the earth, rising, oh how it is rises. Out of the dirt, growing, grappling up...
Manor of Thy FriendsSolus greatly enjoyed pondering, turning the great questions over in his mind as he gazed out at the waves caressing his front lawn....