“Ma’am, do you know why I pulled you over?” “Speeding.” Shirley paused and then emphasized, “Again.” The policeman said nothing. “Officer, I’m sure you get a lot of lame excuses…

Despite the rain, I was having a perfectly fine day. And then I got out of bed. (More on that in a moment). The secret to my success — when…

If there was ever a time to fail, it was now. I had been devising most of the year, but the moment was never right: it had to be perfect….

The fight was a distant blur now. A belligerence of teenage angst versus Eleanor’s own anxieties as a single mom. Harsh words were flung like grenades. Sarah slammed the door…

“That was a long time ago. I don’t shoot people anymore.” The man with the dark-grey flat cap placed his beer glass down on their small corner table. “Are you…

Harold wasn’t even contemplating giving up. But Meghan was well beyond. Collapsed in the snow she gasped, “I can’t go on.” A pall of cold and exhaustion embraced her as…

Greta responded hesitantly, “No, I’ve never seen anything like that.” Seymour was still struggling with what he was trying to describe. “Me either.” Greta continued, “I don’t even understand what…