The Teddy Bear
...they found out that the most popular girl in school and her side kick had beat you up for looking at them wrong, for being, in their words, “a fucking dyke.”
...they found out that the most popular girl in school and her side kick had beat you up for looking at them wrong, for being, in their words, “a fucking dyke.”
I think of them as the ghosts of my soul. They visit me often in these sleepless hours. They are all the loved ones I miss and admired.
It was the saddest day of my life. No one expected it to happen, it just did. She was so healthy…I guess that's why He took her so soon. My name is Erika, and I go by Piglet. It's a nickname that my mother gave me when I was…
(written with the help of fans) I am working on a little girl. Her mother is hovering like a honeybee that cannot get back into the hive. “Is mom all right?” I ask the girl with a smile. Her eyes crinkle up at the sides, the only sign that…
Kate pulled a potato out of the bin and sniffed it. It was good. She threw it on the chopping board and began slicing it with one of her huge kitchen knives. “So let me get this straight,” she said, “they put it in front of you and you…
“The key to a good marriage is not letting the little things bother you.” Vincent put two fingers in the collar of his shirt and pulled it away from his visibly sweaty, skinny neck. “The day to day habits of your spouse that may irritate you beyond measure should…