This is literary fiction and not part of my family stories. It contains crude language. Early in my freshman year at Carroll High School, I was sitting in the breezeway during lunch with my empty tray next to me when Ryan Gomez walked up with two other freshman football players. I pulled a snickers barContinue reading “Delbert Ferry Miner of the Body of Christ”
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It’s Only Hubris if I Fall
They got Susie as a puppy for Peanut to have a friend. She was part beagle and part terrier, and Dad was sort of hoping she would be like Freckles. She isn’t–she grows to be taller and bigger, lacks his intelligence and mischievous nature, and has a different temperament–but she is good-natured, and she adoresContinue reading “It’s Only Hubris if I Fall”
The Russians Are Coming
They are on the swings together at the park up the street, Stephen in the left swing and the boy in the right swing. “MiGs at two o’clock!” the boy yells. “Break right?” They swing higher and harder. “You got one coming around on you, Ice,” says Stephen. “Can you get him, Mav?” says theContinue reading “The Russians Are Coming”
The Boy’s Cat
When the boy was nine, he noticed a large black cat in their Leon Valley neighborhood. It dominated other cats. Sometimes, he would hear intense whining or crying and see the black cat on top of another cat, pinning it in place with his fangs embedded in the other cat’s neck. Once, he saw boysContinue reading “The Boy’s Cat”
His Smile Lit Up a Room and Other Things to Say at My Funeral 