He’s come out of his shop now, fussing with gloves that look expensive, a match to his long glossy overcoat. Glare from the streetlight glints on his bare scalp. Above that light, impotent clouds wall away the moon, render the sky a blank carbon sheet.
Read MoreThe Button BinEvery night as I sleep on my futon, I dream that I’m a rabbit, running on a river of moonlight. My fur is white, my legs strong and swift, and I’m going to see Mama.
Read MoreBiba JibunThe Eater knows things the rest of our tribe can never know.
Read MoreThe EaterWhat I am about to tell you is a fairy tale and so it is constantly repeating. Little Red Riding Hood is always setting off through the forest to visit her granny. Cinderella is always trying on a glass slipper. Just so, this story is constantly re-enacting itself.
Read MoreRatsThe island itself was made from bones.
Read MoreThe Speaking BoneI was ten the first time I saw the pearl. The soil had come loose in Sweetgrass, and to protect the family, my father dug the pearl out of its niche beneath the jamb.
Read MoreThe Dust and the RedThere you are. Right on time. Yes, climb up here where we can see eye to eye. Look, see the nice plant, up on the night table? Come on. Yeah, that’s better. I’m going to get off the bed and move around, but I’ll do it really slowly, okay? Okay.
Read MoreA Raggy Dog, a Shaggy Dog“A beautiful day,” Langknech giraffe said to friend Tzi-Tzi. And, indeed, it was a beautiful day. The smiling face of the sun shone down from sky blue, and where there were spigot-clouds sprinkling water (neither one quite knew who turned the handles of these munificent rain-bringers); red flowers sprang up with a cheerful “Pop!”
Read MoreLangknech and Tzi-Tzi in the Land of the Mad“Thank you for bringing me some water,” Lewis said as Amber neared the kitchen table. “Thank you for working to pay the rent on our house, because otherwise we wouldn’t have access to the water that comes free with it.”
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