All My Lovers
This micro won first place in the National Flash Fiction Day Micro Contest 2023: gone before the toothpaste flattened out, leaving behind ellipses of passion on my thighs, tumbler stains… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2023
7:55 A.M.
Five minutes until my first Teams meeting. I’m still in pajamas but you are showered and ready for an appointment. You grab your car keys and step out while I… Read more »
Ink and Alphabet
Published in print by Cream City Review. Dear Diary, It’s going to be a mango-less summer. This spring the sun was so strong it killed the tender mango flowers before… Read more »
Another One of Those Days
“Oh, look!” Roger slammed the brakes and steered into the shoulder, the tires cutting into the rubble across the yellow line. Kelly’s phone jumped out of her hand as the… Read more »
Mosquito
This story won second place in Pithead Chapel’s Larry Brown Short Story Prize. Through the pores of the mosquito net, I see Abba holding my aunt Salma Khala’s hand. She’s… Read more »