True Stories
My friend, Libby, leaned over and said in an ironic voice, “The Greatest Generation. I have my doubts.”
“All My Fathers,” Dorothy Parker’s Ashes
We are stuck on the Magritte.
The tree is in front of the background and much of the horse is in front of the tree, except when the background is in front of the horse. “I don’t get it,” Ben, who’s a retired computer science professor, says.
“Art & the Dying Time,” Hippocampus
1 roomful of antique white wicker furniture. 3 crystal vases, Waterford.
1 hollow-base chrome sailing cleat, never used. 1 Afghan rifle, circa 1900. 1 unopened condom, packaged to look like a matchbook, circa 1947.
“We have to stop,” Margaret says.
“The Relative Nature of Things,”* Hunger Mountain
Other Notable Non-Fiction
“I Capture Cassandra,” The Rambling |“In Grief, an Anthem,” Caregiver Space | “Dazzlement,* Midwest Review | “The Ratio,”* StoryNews.net |“Better Homes & Other Losses,”* Florida Review | “The Power of One,” (cover story, Self)