Kenji burst into his edit room, kissed me and ran out, waving his arms into the air and giggling. I stopped typing my grant proposal. I was stunned, I had been hoping for this but did not think it would…

Every season has its smell, its olfactory power, so that when you recall it, senses wake up: the taste of fresh baked sugar cookies mixed with pine from the live tree in the corner; the warmth of burning leaves and…

The knoc on the door continued, it's softer at first.Then louder.Agatha shook her head to clear it, her coughing was getting worse and with the coughing Kim. The lightheadedness and the difficulty breathing. She moved to open the door and…

People say San Francisco has changed. Well, yes, it has changed in some ways. On news clips, we see rows of tents and homeless people and talk about how dirty my beloved city has become. I grew up in San…

By Laura Fanning A middle-aged woman with cracked glasses and a pudding-bowl haircut is standing right behind me at Starbucks. I’m afraid she’ll lean in and start talking to me. This happens to me often, people who are outside my…

It sounded like the woman in the university registrar’s office had her hand over the handset, but I could still hear her, "It's Nancy Kelly calling to change her major again." Her fellow office workers laughed. At the registrar's office…

Lucius hunched behind his shield, waiting. Nervous eyes scanned the wooded hillside. They were out there. Everyone in the cohort knew it. The horn blasts had come from the far side of the ridge, but they only meant one thing.…

If ever there was a time for tears , it is now. If ever there was a time to regret and feel the heavy burden of sadness that comes with circumstances that seem beyond our control, this is that time.…

This first purchase of wine dwindled quickly. Stored in our dining room, wine that meant to be kept for years, was drunk or brought to dinner parties. However, it began a process of buying wine to have or to give.…