Starting all over
The elevator descended, and I thought no woman would have given my apartment the once-over Emma did unless it mattered to her how a few decorative touches would enliven it. I never thought I’d find a decent job again. I was forty-four. I lost my previous one because...
Contemporary literature
The Getaway
Up late again. At eleven. Nothing to tumble out of bed for early on a weekend getaway planned to escape grief, promising nothing but the comfort of unknown faces. I took a shower, pulled on my bikini bottom, denim shorts over it, and a beach vest. I...
Contemporary literature
I can walk with you
I wracked my brain on how to break the ice a second time. Post-coital conversation can be awkward too. “What’s your name?” she asked. “Liam.” A few long moments elapsed. “Do you spend all your evenings here, Liam?” “I may start to.” “Then I will too!” “What’s your...
Contemporary literature
Stiletto in the Sand
Leah must have walked into the sea that night. Or to the end of the beach to lay her body down on the sands, for the waters to carry her out to the bay in her sleep. I will never know which, but no one ever saw her again. Jake and I ran across each other the second...