Planting Roots
/A northwest autumn breeze
had stirred a sweet smokescreen—
stove-warm air, birch-arched,
drifted through a cracked …
By Andy Cooper
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Dial-Up Hearts
/“I got it,” Emma yelled from downstairs.
“And?” Mateo said, unable to hide his grin.
“And hang up the phone, nerd,” she …
By Andy Cooper
Read MoreConnie Shuck’s Honeymoon in Paris
/“Amour sucks!” So thought Connie Shuck’s ghost as it hovered in the rafters of Holy United in Christ Church watching her murdering, philandering, ex-fiancé pledge his vows to her little sister. The two-timing weasel always …
By CraigE
Read MoreFuture Found—US
/Leaves glistened—
green dulled under cloud.
October slipped away.
She let me in…
By Andy Cooper
Read MoreOctober Remission
/It was early October.
I'd hoped it might be different—
cancer returned,
cursed a blessing…
By Andy Cooper
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