Regions

Morgan saw her mother in the bedroom. “I’m a beast,” her mother said. “How am I ever supposed to take my clothes off again?...

I found my first job in Montreal in the back pages of the English alternative weekly when I saw a telemarketing ad declaring, DEALCLOSERS...

“This,” said Sid, holding Queen Victoria aloft, “is not your best work.” Darryl nodded. Sid wasn’t telling him anything he didn’t know. A blind man...

Out west the desert birds flew without need of the ground. Out west mountains rose and brought men closer to their gods than they...

My shins are encased in flesh-toned pantyhose. The wrong choice, clearly, as the bare legs of all the other women flash brazenly underneath cocktail dresses....

Sam cursed at the ringing telephone. Minutes from her deadline, she was still fiddling with footage from the Minister of...

Every night that summer I looked across the yard from my bedroom window into Callie’s, which glowed like something you could see from space....

Crim has not seen her mother or father in a few weeks. Sometimes she hears them, shuffling in another room, or outside working on...

These days, I’m inclined to think that my eccentric parents are going insane. I consider flying back home to see if this is true...

“Mark Phillips.” “What? Sorry?”  “Mark Phillips.”  “How do you know my name?”  “You don’t remember me.”  “I’m sorry, no I don’t.”  “Think.”  “I am.”  “Think harder.”  “Yeah.  Well, I’m thinking hard.”   “Right. Think...