My First Day Here
English dictionaries give credit when words and phrases are adopted from other languages, such as ‘avant-garde’ and ‘bon voyage’ from French. However, the source...
Category: Fictional Forays
A Fork in the Road
It felt like the universe was noticing me and reaching out to me. I’d been feeling utterly isolated at my new school: the new...
A Change of Heart
I did something last week that I’ve wanted to do for many years. But I always pushed the impulse back down because I didn’t...
My Trip to the Moors
Truth be known, I was glad to get out of there. I’m not easily unsettled, but the stories about a werewolf, which local residents...
I’m Just So Tired
I know what you’re thinking. You’re assuming that the email, apparently sent to yourself from yourself, must have been a prank from someone who...
Standing Up
“Let me introduce myself,” I said, using the words and the intonation with which I had begun the previous 17 presentations of my whirlwind...
Why the Long Face?
A horse walked into a bar and the bartender, who was polishing a glass, looked up and smiled. He had waited years to use...
Mr. Dumpty’s Rehabilitation
After his great fall, Mr. Dumpty took to wearing a corset. His figure had never been the kind that favored off-the-rack clothing, even those...
I Wish I Knew
I wonder why the light feels so painful. Is it a migraine coming on? Or is it that when you’re being interrogated by police...
Small Sips from the River
“Is it really too late?” he asked. I used to feel encouraged by his hesitant optimism, which provided me the room I seem to...