Short Stories

“I saw the head lying in a ditch bordering Darrell Bennet’s farm. A man’s head. Short hair. Even features. Mid-thirties.”

“Cindy looked at her husband’s toes and wondered how he would react if she cut the little ones off.”

How far will obsession take Mara when her relationship with Johanna has ended?

“Con games, whether they be long or short, ain’t in my wheelhouse. I shoulda grabbed hold of that idea when my first con shit the bed.”

“Nobody had expected Sonia to die. At fifty-seven she was the backbone of the family. But her strength was no match for the massive cerebral hemorrhage that struck during her weekly trip to the market.”