But with thee I will establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.—Genesis 6:18 Butter knife still clenched in one…
Date Archives September 2011
Keep Away by Marianne Kunkel
It was a rare family vacation at the beach and we hadn’t brought surfboards, bucket or shovel. My kid brother, who’d vowed to his friends he’d come home with a tan, dropped his t-shirt in…
To Pee or not to Pee by Marianne Kunkel
I’m a master at holding it—in movie theaters, when I’m in a center seat of an elbow-to-elbow row and on screen is outer space or an underground tomb, an image so dark I can’t see…
Snake by Amanda Hempel
It happened so fast, the time between strikes the rock so near I don’t remember how it found its way to my hand. My dog yelped, his blood on your mouth. You refused to die,…
The Night Fishermen of the Chester River by Amanda Hempel
At 10:00, they turn up at the bridge hair white around the ears, skin pooling around their eyes dark like water. They cast out a line, wait, reel back in, cast out. Each gives the…