STACI by Jeff Loeb
The house was only blocks away, so I got there in minutes. Staci’s sobs were already breathless heaves. All I could do was hold her and utter empty words: “What is it, sweetheart? Tell...
JAM SESSION by Svitlana Matiushenko-Musyj
“Rules for happiness: something to do,
someone to love, something to hope for.” ― Immanuel Kant
She was challenging herself again, “Can I do it? Maybe I can do it. I think I can do it. Damn, I...
BERNIE, DOROTHY, AND CATHERINE by Mary Jane White
Bernie, Dorothy and Catherine
Methodically then, not only each night, as Ruffin slept or not, but also during the seven hours of his first day at school, throughout the remainder of August and early September,...
LIVING IN THE EYE OF THE STORM by Wendy A. Miller
Wearing an oversized floral top, you sit on an exam table, swinging your legs off the end when the doctor enters the room. She greets you and then probes your left breast. Her two...
OUZO: A TASTE OF GREECE by Grove Koger
Most children grow up loving licorice instinctively, but I’ve never learned to tolerate the stuff. So it’s been a surprise to me that I enjoy ouzo so much. Granted, ouzo is flavored primarily with...