My wife and I compete to see who can do the best at the crossword every morning over breakfast. We have two subscriptions to the same new...

We knew when the first rains came it would bring them. Our excitement would rise like the dust released from the hot Botswana earth as th...

I was always an oddball, or so I’ve been told, first by my widely respected doctor father, and by various other persons of authority over...

The summer before I turned nine my dad bought a boat. It wasn’t a huge yacht type of thing or a speed boat, just a simple fishing boat. D...

“You should not be here.” Jack stared at his computer. His fingers paused on the keyboard. Priscilla leaned stiffly on the doorway; her f...

She hadn’t counted on a hurricane when she was planning her trip to the Italian Riviera. But here it was, raining down on her parade. T...

There’s that look that my poodle gives when I ask her a question. “Emmy, would you like to solve a math problem? Emmy, what do you think ...

He sat glumly at the bar, frowning into the top of his beer. It was all her fault. The whole senseless argument. He took a gulp and swish...

We received entries from so many talented and dedicated authors; our only regret is that we couldn’t publish more pieces. We are so prou...