It’s just a flophouse but it’s all he can afford and now it’s come to this. If he buys food he can’t pay the rent

After 50 years Wilma at her class reunion thinks Waldo’s changed with age that he’s nice now, not the snake she wed

It was the first time that senators had been asked to go home and address parent-teacher meetings at all the middle schools in their states. Each had been given a sheet of talking point...

There’s always something. Like the growth you found under your arm showering this morning but you decided to go

A long time ago you bothered him somehow. Since then he has bothered you back. You don’t know how or

Black flag on the lawn falls in pieces from the sky. Starlings in command. Donal Mahoney

Fred jerks back in his recliner as his wife puts him on the spot and asks his opinion about a dress she bought on sale at a fancy place for a great price…

You’re standing on a window ledge on the 50th floor of your building… It’s Valentine’s Day in Manhatta… clouds cruising, sun everywhere, a nice breeze tossing your hair,

The day Paul got married, his old girlfriend called his hous… just before he and his bride Anne caught the plane for their honeymo… Paul was outside packing the car

You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in

The soup kitchen opens an hour late. The rain finally stops and the hungry file in. They’ve had a long wait.

In the paper this morning a woman in the suburbs complained she has to eat too much steak too often because her husband

Bella takes two big pills every morning followed by one each of another three.