Month: April 2020

A heavy boot clopped on the wooden floor and scraped across the dust and grime. The saloon grew tense like a hound who just caught…

When Tommy was a little boy, dinner was a struggle most nights, but especially when his mother served her chicken casserole. He would sit at…

“What’s the matter, Colton?” Frank looked over his newspaper. “You’ve been moping around the house all morning.” The boy tossed himself on the couch next…

“Are you, um, Mrs. Albert Simpson?” The pudgy young soldier on her doorstep looked down at Henrietta’s feet. He held his hat in front of…

They were still half a mile out when scraps of their shredded life began to appear on the wind-torn landscape. A sock grabbed up by…

“You’ll take that one to your grave, Jeffy.” Grandpa Mike patted the little boy’s leg just above the gash. “Don’t worry, Bud — we’ll get…