By George Michael Brown The year was 1988. My mother had passed away the previous December, my father twenty-seven years before that. I was cleaning out their house, getting it ready to sell; the house I grew up in. I was removing items out of a small room in the basement, hidden behind the furnace, … Continue reading Letters
Excisions
By Kim Charles Younkin January 22 Dear Dad, I’m scared. Don’t worry, though. It’s different this time. It’s Maisie. She has this infection in her glands, the vet says. I didn’t even know dogs had these glands until Maisie started scooting on her bottom all over the yard in the snow a few weeks ago. … Continue reading Excisions
“A Letter To A Stranger”
By John Patrick Robbins Dear Stranger, We met so many years ago now I see you through such different eye's. Aged and broken like most older men. You poison your life and everyone around you either died or no longer can recall you're name. I believe I saw you thrown out of some bar off … Continue reading “A Letter To A Stranger”
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