Emptiness hinders hope. Suffocates it. Whiskey alone won’t release her. So with thick scars mutating her wrist, ...

My favorite hiding place was under the front porch of the bungalow on 60 th Court where I was brought to live after being born. It’s be...

  Sweaty boobs smooshed together.  Air condition on full blast. Mama’s cranky.  Lovie’s energy’s infinite.   “LESS GO TO DA ...

Trying not to topple over while crouching underneath the table to hide (despite being all alone in the house), the parano...

Unwrapping the foil makes me happy. Giddy . Pulling down the paper sides makes me salivate. Foolish . Resting the silkiness be...

It’s hard not to smile when she does. Never forced—those are everywhere—her smile brightens the dim, lifts the despondent. Her g...

Photo credit: Bérenger ZYLA / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND     S he’s got to be here somewhere. “Mama? Mama?!!” Who are al...

The gravestone— purchased 30+ years ago after her parents’ burials —has been waiting for her. Her husband’s final date...

sorry for the downer... sadly it's not fiction. inking up with trifecta . My head. It throbs. If I press against the wrinkles e...

  If not for the intense, infuriating mood swings or the indubitable desire to drown in crap food, the killer cramps and horror sh...

The sound of the saw is steady, competent, unhurried, stirring the dying light so that at each stroke her face seems to wake a li...

I can’t stop crying. It’s so bad. She’s sooo tired. "I’m sorry, I know it’s no fun." This’s so much worse than when Ota ...

Who could that be at this hour? Kyle’s head jerked and his eyes opened widely. His tingly legs were bent yet sprawled out on the fl...

The magic was all in the finishing touches. Ashley was sure of it, just as she was sure her 4-year-old daughter, Londyn, would go home with...

With her pristine face grimacing because the Lululemon bag is out of stock, she raises her glass of Chardonnay to her nose and inhales d...

On being three: The defiance and attitude kicked up a notch. Or ten. Blossoming curiosity, too.  And, of course, the time-outs. ...