Smitty isn’t Schulte. He doesn’t drive a Cadillac and doesn’t hit his wife often any more. Schulte, on the other hand,

The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down

They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often

An hour before dawn the paper is out on the lawn white in the moonlight a trumpet dozing after a long night in a jazz bar

Heaven’s Sake or maybe Hell No. Even if we weigh a ton our body’s not a problem

We see stories on the internet that are simply fake news, many of them malicious as well. It’s hard to tell the difference but a single sentence found

I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.

Every day the same people at the same table at the rear of the cafeteria. The maiden, 35 at least, is gray at the temples,

It’s not the beach. It’s a lake of fire, if it’s there. That lake we heard about in

Red, yellow, brown work well together in a portrait of society. Add black, no problem. But if we remove the red,

He’s a vet from Vietnam who won’t say much about what happened over there except to say his problem began with Agent Orange,

There are Merry-Go-Rounds on Main Street all over America. They hide in storefronts offering payday loans to people who can’t borrow money anywhere else.

No, Freddie can’t say he mourned when his father died and his father’s third wife found Freddie’s number and gave him a call to give him the news. His father had been responsible, worke...

Harvey at 80 is losing his hearing. He can’t hear his wife when she talks, a symphony lost.

Cookies for George, 40 years back from Viet Nam, are the only payment the man will accept to mow your lawn,