Bored little foxes
become obsessed with little blue boxes
sitting unbothered on the ground.
Prentiss Fox sniffed the box, pushed it around
and from it came a whispering sound...

The hearse came into the valley from across the mountain and passed through town driven by a stag in a smart black suit. Two other stags scanned the town from the car with large black eyes. The ...

This is the tale of how Little Batty
first met his best friend— Tooth Fairy Hattie.
Batty was disappointed, angry and wary
of, what he thought, a stingy tooth fairy.
So...

The way the yacht was boarding, there would be no space left by the time Craig reached the dock. The long line began to lose form as people forced their way up front and those close to the ramp ...

Alicia is a mime. We went to the same high school. I used to see her on the train now and then on my work commute. Then she lost her paying job and now she’s there almost every day I ride....

The elephant ate himself, one bite at a time. He heard it was the best way. He started with his tail, tugging until in snapped free. The pests were worse without his natural swatter, but he did ...

Death is an app. Before that, it was a commercial-free, 24-hour broadcast of the afterlife. Anyone who had died within the past decade showed up onscreen living a second episodic life in otherwo...

In spite of her brother’s lead foot, the inside of the car was unbearably still. Jeanette did not attempt to make small talk. It was clear in his motionless expression and the mechanical w...

On the second week back at the farm, Ray found the scythe hanging high on the wall of the barn. He had not noticed it since he was a boy. Then it was just a fact of the barn, something left behi...

The elevator doors slid apart. Monica and Reuben remained inside, each holding open a door with one hand. They peered into the large room as if it were an exhibit at the zoo, except there were n...

The restaurant light is so dim she can barely read his face from across the table. He is hidden in the shadow of paper lanterns that aren’t giving much light. It's a tiny room that smells ...

In the seconds between lifting the hem of her wedding dress and lifting her head to see if the rain had passed, Eleanor glimpsed the yellow van parked in front of her mother's house. It pressed ...

There are six of them. Two of them are my neighbors and they hate me. They hate all of us in building 400, a quiet building until they bring around-the-clock racket, brawls in the parking lot, l...

“Are you sure they won’t find us?” the boy whispered. Hidden behind crates, he folded his legs to his chest, as if he could make himself disappear that way.

“T...

Rick stood in the patio doorway, naked and damp from the shower, exhaling cigarette smoke into the growing darkness. A strong breeze carried it back into the room where Joanna was preoccupied wi...

Everybody loves the new drug, whether or not we're willing to admit. It changes us, rebuilds our perception. We go about our daily work never fully present, always thinking of our next fix. The ...

It bothered Shelly all afternoon: a blood-colored drop on the side of the table turned to the wall, there in the shadow of the punch bowl. She was the only one to notice. A careless partier coul...

It's already past eleven when I see Sharmayne pass by. It's dark but I can tell it's her by the way most of her is belly. It won't be long before the baby comes. I run outside and catch up to he...