Years ago, she had tried writing a story about a man who waits for a woman in the rain outside of a subway station in order to greet her with an umbrella. The story came to her after she encountered a man waiting outside of a subway station in the rain with two open…

My friend and I were walking through a field next to a river, just after the last of the winter’s snow had melted. Dead grass padded our feet, and bare branches scratched at our legs. Everything was brown, one way or another. Tan or beige or chestnut or coffee. All browns. That’s why the robin’s…

A very large dog approached a table on the bar’s patio where four friends sat drinking in the spring afternoon sun. Though it had a body like a black bear who had just come out of hibernation and a snout like a hairy crocodile, the dog seemed more human than animal as it gingerly sat…

The second day of her vacation there was a big storm with heavy rains and high winds. The morning after was calm with a bit of a mess, like after a sneeze. She decided to take a walk to explore the neighborhood around her. There were puddles and downed palms to step around, but the…

An hour into a four hour flight, the man next to me started to watch a movie that took place in a submarine. I did not pay much attention because I don’t particularly care for those types of movies. But every now and then, I glanced over. Every scene looked the same. A half dozen…

Of course people exist outside of their jobs. He knew this. But it was still very disorienting to see two flight attendants in matching navy blue uniforms and nude pantyhose sitting and chatting on the subway. Did they always wear those uniforms? One of them was sipping from a small bottle of red wine, the…

She noticed a man that morning walking down the street. She noticed him because he was exceptionally tall. She would guess over seven feet. He had long curly hair and a strong looking nose, almost too big for his face. She would have forgotten all about him if it weren’t for the exceptionally short man…