DOLL ROOM
“Your mom’s a hoarder?” Jen swirled her arms in the water to float toward the deeper end and then lifted herself out by the side bars and ]splash over to peer into the dark window. She couldn’t see anything inside, no cracks of light filtered through. It must be completely full like just like he said .
SKIN WALKERS
Joseph is a big guy. He always carries a gun and I have never thought of him as scared of anything. But the season he took to camping up in the hill country changed fear in him forever.
THAT CRAZY NIGHT
That night Sheenah and Mark tagged along with Perry’s posse to listen to one of the new bands on tour, Mahogany Rush. This required that the gang sneak into an old theatre of a small Texas town.
ANAKTUVUK PASS
It was late. Packs of wolves came out at night and so did we. A few of us decided to hill climb our snow machines up some of the most isolated mountain peaks in North, Alaska.
POOL MAN
When Frank smiled, he had no front teeth, but I smiled back ignoring his gap. It was the drawn-out scar that moved along the left side of his face which interested me. I asked him about it once. He said, “My dad. It was a long time ago.”
HERE HE GOES AGAIN
Scott’s anger grew in leaps and bounds after his second tour. “Shut up, just shut up. I don’t want to hear your fucking voice.” He’d pick up Georgina’s belongings and smash them to pieces
GRANDMA DO YOU CRY?
With her mouth a little full, Honeybee says, “He also told me I was flat as a board. You know what that means Grandma, don’t you?” Honeybee pauses to rest the spoon upside down on her tongue