Autumn and the leaves, crisp in the swirling air, are pheasant wings once more Donal Mahoney

twenty-four houses on the same block everyone inside milling about one lost a job

Wonder Woman they call Sylvia, who excels at raising money to put child abusers in prison. The money she raises allows attorneys to prosecute

Granny watches nature in the city from her window after the nurse takes her tray away. She likes to watch the bird feeder grandson Ahmad hung for cardinals,

Never speak ill of the dead, his father always said, and his father was a pastor who preached from the pulpit. That’s why whenever

When you’re a pharmacist you don’t ask customers how they’re doing. You know from the meds they pick up

A drunk on the subway tells another drunk something a bartender told him. He says if the rich guy wins, it will be the first time

Yours is the first email I opened… I appreciate your suggested revisi… to send the work back once I’ve ma… I can tell you spent a lot of time… I’m afraid, however, that I can’t…

Loud preacher bellows on Sunday what a silent praying mantis knows Donal Mahoney

The doctor tells Phil and his wif… he’s in pretty good health for a m… his age but he needs to exercise. And Phil says he agrees and then goes on to explain

Christmas is now the Holidays. But Hanukkah is still Hanukkah and Ramadan is still Ramadan. Easter still has its name. The media needs more time

Tornadoes in the parlor, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, t… churned every hour Dad was home. He never worked and with good reason.

My wife’s amazed when I station myself at the computer writing this or that despite a hound dog