In 1934, the snow-covered Sierras peeking over a brown rampart of foothills looked close enough to touch. Our strawberry fields shimmered in the summer heat. Grape trellises shaded tongue-in-groove walls, but the little yellow house… Read More »Shikata ga nai
It’s a world full of holes, Mick thinks—as though a child has taken the scissors to it. Real, but full of dark spots. Shit happens in such indefinite terrain. He doffs the 3-D glasses and… Read More »The Surface of Mars
P9 looked across the glen planted in golden grain and past the hillside with bean poles in neat rows to the path over the ridge where the Northern Group would come. The soil was less… Read More »Mother Protector
“What to do with the body?” “What do you mean?” said the first God’s servant, “What do we do with the body anyway?” “I mean, she looks pretty. I hate leaving her like this,” said… Read More »The Soul Takers
Chapter 1: River Country, Missouri 1814 I was born on land that my mother’s people walked for generations along the wide river. But by the time I was waking up to the world, it was… Read More »Isa’s Trail
The first reported incident of a woman eating a man is thought to have occurred in Dallas, late summer, in the home of Mary Hunnam, 35, and her husband, Jonathan, 34. Scholars initially considered this… Read More »Bite
“A story has to have a plot,” my mom tells my sister, who’s sitting at the kitchen table and rubbing her nose. She’s fallen so many times, it’s permanently swollen in the middle. “Stop. You’re… Read More »The Art of Storytelling
On the drive up to Bear’s place, Rae relaxes into the seat next to him. She lets Bear hold her hand and casually stares out the window up 101 to Novato, then out to the… Read More »A Sky So Blue
