It takes an inordinate amount of effort to grow cells. Tiny building blocks of life that squirm and writhe, thirsty for nutrients and...

1. You are not the tangled Spider Plant your seventy-five-year-old foster mom (five worlds ago) made you water every day. So stop sending...

It was a misty, rainy night when it appeared. I sat in my car, feet up in the passenger seat, sipping a coffee as I admired the view. A...

Kevin craved the binoculars, a 40th birthday gift for Father from Mother. For two weeks he fantasized about spying on the farmer who wore...

Samantha is steadfast in her determination to tempt, as she holds a spoonful of peanut butter in front of Brutus’ face. Brutus looks at...

Tantalus I have turned when tired or tight to the twin who should be ghosting in on my blind side, disappearing like mist on a glass ...

Damocles Drink me down and dry, Damocles. Now we rise too late to greet the dawn. If we could hear the noise from our star it would...

Holy Socks I have a hard time throwing away holy socks. Every time I put one on, I think, awe man, … this ain’t so bad. When I put one...

Across Moonlight Square the bar of the Joe stood up. Decorated with exotic Hawaiian passages, the bar’s decor described the story of the...

On Thursday, the world lost power. On Friday, people gathered at one another’s apartment complexes and hosted potlucks with leftovers...