Aaron Echoes August

The boy from the refrigerator was perched upon a steel beam like a vulture high above them in the old… Read more.

The Angelfish of Giza (Excerpt 4)

Giza, New Mexico, population 53,219, sat in a narrow stretch of hot land running from the prosperous north to the… Read more.

Veronica never wanted him to pull away, but when he did his taste lingered on her mouth and she wanted… Read more.

As Wilford Brimley would say, I have DIE A BEE TUSS. And when you have DIE A BEE TUSS, you… Read more.

The wheels suddenly slowed, and the bottom of her sneakers slid into the gravel as Veronica Genesis stopped her bike… Read more.

It’s the countdown to broken neck as end of summer lawns hiss as the sprinklers spit at the grass like… Read more.

Uncas’ car was a brown-colored old Saab that’s seen better days. There was a metallic squeal when Wilburn opened the… Read more.

He stepped inside. It smelled like a newly built house dipped in medicine. Read more.

He opened a door and went into a room that looked like an old, empty kitchen. The floor was a… Read more.

The sky was black most of the day because the sun went and hid behind the world. It was something… Read more.

Once back inside the main part of the house, he quietly crept up the stairs, the filthy moans and groans… Read more.

“You’re both wrong. This is an answer to my wish. You remember, Ed, I said I wanted a haircut and… Read more.