The Great Coffee Shop Scene – 04.25.10
“I don’t know you anymore.” That’s what he told her. “Well, that makes two of us,” she said.

Golden Shirt, Red Door – 12.07.09
She was lying on the couch when it struck her . . . staring at the terra cotta pots, which were mottled, their bottoms turning dark, standing out against salmon-shaded soapstone towers and bowls that served as her only concession to frivolous decoration.

Benecio and the Human Resource Issue – 12.05.09
Potica prayed to God all the time now. She thought that her name alone should have been reason enough.

The Day They Planted Grass – 12.05.09
The sky would turn peach. Then the fence. Next, the hibiscus would fall out of shadow, deep red centers budding in the black. The white flies would come awake and flutter; they would begin their lazy leeching of the leaves.