Stories from the Stage

https://www.pbs.org/video/through-thick-and-thin-yarh8p/ When faced with adversity, it’s easy to believe that the universe is conspiring against us. However, the lessons we learn last a lifetime. Linda learns the difference between curses and kindness; ToRena works to recover economically after the 2008 crash; and Marlon uses comedy to lessen the pain of war. Three storytellers, three interpretations

Here’s to One Beat Words

https://brevity.wordpress.com/?s=one+beat+words Here’s to one beat words. Short and sweet and quick. Hot in your mouth, fast to say, they leap from tongue to brain in a flash. They amp up your tone and add salt to your prose. And by one beat words I mean short. Short words are honed to work fast. Why? Most

Something Bit Him

https://www.dorothyparkersashes.com/current-issue/ticks The Husband stops me in the hallway. “I’ve got ticks in my bed,” he says. Maybe he wants to abandon the guestroom and return to the bedroom formerly known as ours. That’s how I think during our divorce.  He looks up from his smartphone. “A whole mess of them.” He shifts the suitcase strap

We Were a Party of Two, but Never Quite Alone

Modern Love, New York Times During our four months of dating, he had asked me repeatedly to move in with him. Now, with a smile, he was asking again. “I want to talk to a few of your exes,” I said. His smile faded. “You can choose who,” I said. “Anyone you’ve been with six

Sex in the Hub. This is How We Do it.

We get booty calls while our kids play soccer.

Grips

Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, this story first appeared in Passages North GRIPS by L. Button I’m used to the dim hour of five AM: Used to stumbling out of bed in the dark, snaking my legs into jeans, holding the doorknob turned so the latch doesn’t pop. Back when we were together, I carelessly