Stories
My Brother Gave My Seat a Place Card That Said “Plus One”
My brother slid his black card across the tablecloth at the charity gala his company…
Category: Stories
Stories
I Plated Dessert For Her Thirty Guests. The Email Reaches Her At 7:30.
The Sunday after my wedding, my mother-in-law fired the woman who'd run her house for…
Stories
I Walked Into That Shop With Fourteen Hundred-Dollar Bills In An Envelope
The saleswoman at the resale boutique looked at my belly, thirty-eight weeks along, and said,…
Stories
My Cousin Texted “Whatever It Costs” Before I Cut The First Yard Of Satin
My cousin stood in the back room of the dry cleaner's where I work, in…
Stories
I Wore The Suit I Married Carly In To Watch Her Marry My Brother
My wife told me she was carrying my older brother's baby, and then she said…
Bikers Stories
The Biker Knew My Daughter’s Secret Middle Name
The biker was standing in the hardware aisle when my three-year-old daughter let go of…
Bikers Stories
The Biker Knew Why the Bank Wanted My House
The biker ripped my eviction notice into pieces and locked his eyes onto mine. “Nobody’s…
Bikers Stories
My Son Ran Toward the Biker Everyone Else Was Filming
I tried to stop my son from helping the fallen biker and what he said…
Bikers Stories
The Cat on My Porch Had Been Dead for Four Years
I’m 72 years old. I don’t rattle easy. But when I saw that cat’s face…
Bikers Stories
A Little Boy Asked Seven Bikers to Make Someone Disappear
Seven bikers were sitting at a back booth when a little boy walked in by…
Bikers Stories
The Four Girls Who Walked Up to My Motorcycle
The oldest was maybe eleven. The youngest couldn’t have been older than four. They stood…
Dramas
The Baby in Whitfield Had My Brother’s Last Name
Meeting Warren at a coffee shop off Highway 11 after nearly twelve years, he told…