The fluorescent lights in aisle seven hummed like a tired chorus, washing the supermarket in…
The knock came just after sunset, when the house was warm with the smell of…
The late-afternoon sun slid low over Riverside, Ohio, casting the small town in a warm…
The lace sleeve of my wedding gown brushed against the window as I leaned forward,…
The steel rails were colder than the night itself. Frost clung to them in thin…
Lavender and champagne hung in the air like a thin fog, a soft gloss over…
The alley was narrow enough that the morning wind knifed straight through it, carrying the…
The rain came down in a thin silver curtain that softened the edges of Brookridge…
Rain had a way of erasing edges that night—pavement slick as glass, neon halos leaking…
He opened the car door and found a small face peering up at him from…
The courtroom smelled of lemon oil and old paper, sunlight slicing through high windows and…
The morning unfolded with an eerie stillness, the kind that makes a quiet street feel…
The first thing I saw was light. Harsh, overhead, too bright for the hour. It…
Crystal light fell in shards from the chandelier, scattering over linen and glass like a…
The lobby smelled like lemon polish and money—too clean, too expensive. I was ten feet…
The hospital room smelled like bleach and new life. Fluorescent lights hummed over plastic bassinet…
The bench at the county bus shelter was barely a sliver of wood against the…
The bench at the county bus shelter was barely a sliver of wood against the…
The fluorescent hum in the small pharmacy made everything feel sharper: the pastel posters for…
The crying started like a high, jagged line across the cabin — a sound that…