The diner was a chorus of chatting patrons, clanging dishes, and yelping kitchen appliances when the young man in the tattered coat took a seat at the bar that morning. Baltimore’s winter mornings were unforgiving, and chilled bodies craving warmth occupied most of the diner’s seats. Despite the activity, the waiter behind the bar with the nametag “Eric” noticed the young man instantly: the hair styled in dirt and grease stemming […]
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Anoop Judge | A fury of her own
They ask me to remember their memories, but I keep on remembering mine. – Lucille Clifton He was her boss, the one whose signature with the thick, dominant strokes was stamped on the checks she stood in line to collect from the cashier’s office at 425 Locust Street, Walnut Creek. Twice a month, like clockwork. On the 15th and the 30th. She drove straight to the bank after she tucked […]
Brian Schulz | Stories of La Palette
The table was lovely. Every detail was just so. He’d chosen the bone china, their wedding silver, set on white vine-laced linen napkins, and the simpler of the crystal glasses they’d stumbled upon in Bucks County. It was on one of their wanders, when their time seemed endless. For wine glasses he’d set the heavy, silver stemmed goblets, their weight being easier for her to manage. The place-setting he laid […]
Wayne Faust | Sailing home
Finally the clouds let go, the rain fell, and the sea swelled. Little Juan raced back and forth on the deck of the boat, laughing, shouting. “Rain, Papa! It’s raining!” The boy used the singsong of small children everywhere. “It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring. The old man is singing in his sleep! He’s writing a symphony! Si! A symphony!” “Put on your lifeline, Little Juan,” said […]
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