Something Terrible in the Park

Pinyon, Number 28, Spring 2019. Puffs of white clouds scooted across the blue sky as Lili, down on her knees, dug in the hard black of her garden. April is the cruelest month: she remembered that, but not much else, from her lit course in college. It had puzzled her then—How could springtime be cruel?—but now, at the age of forty-seven, she knew what…

Little Black Dress

Dogwood: A Journal of Poetry and Prose, Vol. 20, Spring 2021. Three days before the big New Year’s Eve party that will usher in 1968, Hal’s mother leads Donna up the stairs of her lavish house. And Donna, though she tries to be nonchalant, can’t help being impressed by everything she sees: the celadon walls, the brightly polished sconces, the oriental runner that’s anchored…

Novel-in-Progress Excerpt

Rendez-vous at Caluire

CHAPTER 1 ~ JEAN MOULIN

Wednesday, November 11, 1942 – Lyon, France

Jean opened his eyes to early morning darkness and fumbled for the pack of cigarettes on his nightstand. It was shameful, being such a slave to tobacco that he couldn’t get out of bed without having a cigarette first, but what could he say? Smoking was the only extravagance…