Heart Case
By now, her dating profile had eroded into basics—where she grew up, how she got to the Southwest, number of children and their ages, a… Read More »Heart Case
flash fiction
Testifying at the Shores of Online Dating
Online dater murder mystery.
Dog-walking
I was taking a long walk, the first day I had stepped out of the house in an unmarked direction, just a squiggly line on… Read More »Dog-walking
Antony and Cleopatra
“How’re you coming along with your contest entry?” asked AB at our weekly tête à tête in Barnum’s, a coffee shop with nice brown paneling, artwork… Read More »Antony and Cleopatra
App Developer Sued for Defamation
Labusu derives from the ancient Sumerian word for cloth, originally used to wrap up stuff from the marketplace. In 2025, electric car manufacturers bundled labusu with self-driving cars as… Read More »App Developer Sued for Defamation
Online Dating Contest
Annabelle was my best girlfriend and by that, I mean the one who’s seen me through a divorce, at least two abortions that I’m willing… Read More »Online Dating Contest
The Divorce Column
They’d been married for more than 20 years but hadn’t lived together for most of that time, she firmly fastened like a paper clip to… Read More »The Divorce Column
Gus Bigman, the Giant
There once lived a giant, not your ordinary run-of-the-mill giant. Spiders and beetles fought each other for a place to room in his greasy hair. He… Read More »Gus Bigman, the Giant
An Extra Hand
Felix stared at a tree before the next kid invasion. All he had to do was pick up kids from school and bring them back to the… Read More »An Extra Hand
even the crazy ones sleep
She stood in the aisle dancing, her hands undulated in rivulets. Earbuds in, pencil thin jeans. Later when a bunch of people exited she sat… Read More »even the crazy ones sleep