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8-Ball
You may rely on it. One night Nell lets drop to Jordan she might've found where The Horse keeps his supply. She's sure, says she got the tip-off from a dude who worked for The Horse once. "Who works for him and then lives after
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Conflagration Manual
How to keep her from leaving: buy daisies, hide them behind your back, wait for the upturned lips that according to her is something called a smile. How to make up for it: drive her to pick up what's-his-name from school, and then go straight to the toy
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The Seed
I once came across an old man in my building's dumpster, who quivered with shallow breath. I asked if he needed help, and he shook his head. He explained he was a farmer who had no need to sell his crop anymore, which also happened to be himself.
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The Snag
1. Nestled in the hollow of the dead tree is a bad man who watches and waits. One can only see his eyes, blue and bloodshot and hardly blinking, amidst the tree's insides. The fear I hold doesn't concern myself, but my children. They don'
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Wet Season In A Dry Town
We all dug through the baker’s basement, and then dug some more. The handyman drove his backhoe in by smashing through the cement foundation and devised a pulley system to get the used appliances, mattresses, life-detritus, and ever-growing mounds of dirt and cement and rocks out of the basement.
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See & Say
The cow says moo. The bird says tweet. The pig says oink. The kitten with one mangled paw says meow. The sheep says baaa. Before you shoot it, the rabies-infested dog says woof. The turkey says gobble gobble. The frog—when squished and sacrificed—says splat-sizzle. The horse says neigh.