Having Heaven 8 – The Discussion
Now, here she was standing in the living room doorway, pregnancy test in a white-knuckle death grip behind her back, heart pounding as she watched…
Having Heaven 7 – The Return
It was an instinct really, the reaching out to touch her mother’s face as she had done so many times as a child and Mayra had not expected to make…
Having Heaven 6 – The Virgin Points
Although Mayra had some very clear and solid memories of her mother, most of what she knew about Adina came from the stories her father…
Having Heaven 5 – The Sighting
These people were translucent like faded photographs, no, more like images viewed through celluloid held against a light. She wiped at her eyes…
Having Heaven 4 – The Epidemic of Suicides
And as was often the case with tragic news, Linda Wilson’s death opened the floodgates. Every type of news outlet from tabloids, the news hour, and…
Having Heaven 3 – The Knowing
“I had the craziest nightmare, babe. There was something going on but not on Earth and somehow Heaven got destroyed…”
Having Heaven 2 – The Dream
Despite the fact she called it an early night and how utterly exhausted Mayra was when she slipped between the sheets, sleep simply would not come…
Having Heaven 1 – The Test
Mayra was tempted to take the test in the restroom at work but as she stepped into the stall she considered if that was the memory she wanted to…
When Death Offers Hope
I awoke to a stranger standing at the foot of my bed but far more unsettling was the fact that he was dead. I was certain of this because I could see…
Some Assembly Required
In the midst of a tantrum burst of emotions, Robson stomped into his room and slammed the door shut so hard the picture on the wall to the…
The Blessing
“Do you even have the faintest idea why you’re still single?” my mother asks. Questioning me out of the blue is the way she offers her unsolicited…
The Randomness of 16
Kymmie became Somni’s sidekick, her partner in crime and together they hotwired a very large Oldsmobile in a Walmart parking lot…
My Name Be Entropy
I serenaded the twilight every night, luring stars close enough to be plucked from the sky, one by one, and I saved their beauty in my clutch bag…
We Call It Love
We tend to fight, even in our marriage, for warrior blood courses through our veins and sometimes fighting is right. Necessary.
A Tin of Snow
Tins were a wonderful thing to me. They were a depository where the things a boy kept precious could be secreted away…
The Wooden Cup
The last meal? Declined. Told that I might dine on whatever foodstuffs my heart desired, I found myself wanting nothing that would possibly remind me…
This Simple Truth
It was a dark and stormy night, the type I was all too familiar with—when all my estranged family and distant friends slept but I couldn’t because…
One Last Thing, Before I Go
My loved ones gather at my wake and raise a parting glass to wish me safe passage on my unearthly travels and as I feel myself being pulled away…
The Web and the Too Close Crescent Moon
I’m looking up at this crescent moon and it’s too big, like I can almost reach out and touch it…but my arms won’t move. In fact, I can’t move my body…
The Ennui of This Moment
He really did try his damnedest to live his life in a productive manner, the only bit of advice he retained from his absentee father before he faded…
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