[Person] wants [something], but [this other person] wants [something else.] My father wants to stop taking his water pills for his swollen legs, but the assisted living nurse wants him to cut the dose. It’s like this for [time period]. Three weeks. Then, he [noun] [verb]. Can’t stop pissing. Well, that changes things. Now [Person] […]

Evan stretched across the porch swing while Cal slipped limp as a dish rag in a rain and wind slapped rocking chair. The house had been the brother’s for hardly a week. Long enough to stack some canned green beans in one kitchen shelf and a two-liter bottle of Coke in the refrigerator. On the […]

Jane, I didn’t send the book back. I should have. That’s what I did last time and the whole week after I’d sent it back, I wondered if they’d give me my money. When it arrived it was Friday and I felt as if I’d mislaid five days like a set of spare keys: not […]

On May 17th, 1999, Richard Richmond entered the public library at 9:07 AM. He walked to the elevator and rode it to the 2nd floor. He found a seat by the windows and stared at his hands for 15 minutes. He pulled 3 books from the shelf and pretended to read them. 2 of the […]