What Toads See by Jonathan Berger
We were hanging out at Jordan’s house Friday night, playing video games, eating fast pizza his mom picked up after she got off work. His dad always wore a beefy…
We were hanging out at Jordan’s house Friday night, playing video games, eating fast pizza his mom picked up after she got off work. His dad always wore a beefy…
She hated dusk now. She could cope with the rest of the day. She was doing great, in fact, all things considered. Even at night, she could sleep now. Most…
‘Why do we bring up the past when we’re standing in the doorway?’ Lorrie is saying goodnight to her daughter Day when they find themselves going over the recent death…
I find my daughter under things. Curled asleep cat-like under the mattress. Humming in the linen box with the lid closed. Sitting cross-legged beneath a nest of coats in my…
We were already running late. Stay in the house, I shouted as the kids craned their pale moon faces past me at the prone slip of fur just beyond the…
Starbucks. London. A duffle bag by her side. I’d tell you what she looked like, but it’s difficult to describe. She had eyes for seeing; a mouth for talking; ears…
Jeff honestly didn’t know how to feel about it. His stomach sank either way. Brought in during the middle of the night, the block of cells around the lone officer…
As far as I can tell, there has never been a rulebook written about how to grieve, which is maybe why I’m here, stood on a tightly packed tram somewhere…
I wipe a film of condensation and peek through the smeared glass to a driveway covered in slush and ice. What remains of the previous week’s snowfall is dimpled with…
As if the hardwood floor were ice, Jake skated in his socks across the family room and into the dining area. He plopped onto his chair, just as his mother…
Her Grandma went gaga, then died. So Alice moved in and her boyfriend came soon after. And they set up house together in her Grandma’s flat. They took up the…
A horse’s heart is the size of a newborn child. Two hands are needed to carry it. She sees herself reflected in the glass; her face overprints the heart in…