Jimmy was visiting his father when Mr. Crenshaw called to say Mrs. Bittles had died the night before of a sudden heart attack.

In two more hours I’ll have to sh… shave and coffee-prop my lids and otherwise prepare for day. It’… and now the barkeep, Griggs, is rushing me, the first

We write the stories of our lives between the bookends of birth and death They stay on the shelf

It’s Monday not Sunday and the frail lady in black is the only person in the pews. She walked in with

You were gone when I got home at midnight from a double shift. Now you’re back,

Dither of blue jays bickering at the feeder. Doves eat well below Donal Mahoney

Bug no bigger than a comma scales the wall next to my recliner. He’s climbing

As we know, sometimes we can see the big picture by peeking through a keyhole. And in America today perhaps we can see better the state of innocence among young children by looking at a...

They’ll be coming for us, the old lady told the young man next to her, the two of them sitting on stones under the bridge surrounded by trolls

A corner sentinel for 40 years, Charlie’s Diner is the only landmark in a neighborhood of blue-collar people who love their burgers thick

Take it from Martin, if you live in an old house, as much as you love it, bad things happen Despite maintenance,

It’s Ramadan and late one evening I walk by a mosque and hear little girls laughing on the sidewalk,

This black moth flew in the front door of the living room the other night and has been up