Short Stories
published by Retort Magazine, on December 8th, 2010
Short Stories
published by Retort Magazine, on October 6th, 2010
The Musketeers
The mice hunkered together gray and trembling in one corner of the box, four of them. They had been born blind , never even acquiring eyes. They scrabbled against the hard paper, shivering under the light, sensing its sudden heat upon my son flipping open the lid.
He named them the Four Musketeers. One had a white oval shape on its head as if it had been scalded. My son said to notice their twitching whiskers. He said, “Put your finger under their nose and see what happens,” and when I did the first one nipped my nail.
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Short Stories
published by Retort Magazine, on May 12th, 2010
TYRONE
Snow rumbles against the floorboards pushing me sideways. Flakes as big as doilies flutter into my headlights as the wipers do the best they can. They’re calling for a foot in the outlying areas and an outlying area is right where I’m headed, to my own dismay and Andree’s sputtering disbelief. Tyrone’s call came shortly before midnight. I rolled out of bed and summoned my strength.
“You’re out of your friggin’ mind,” was how Andree put it.
“Come on, it’s not that bad out,” I struggled into my pants. “The weather guys always overdo it.”
“Fine. I’m unplugging the phone.”
“You should be glad he called. You know how I get.”
How I get is pretty unbearable. Instead of the usual mood swings I bottom out completely. Without weed all the wheels stop turning and I mope around heaving sighs of despair. Any task seems beyond me. I can’t sleep and I have nothing to say. It’s not like I take it out on Andree, but hey, she’s there.
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