Maria sat cross-legged on the living room floor surrounded by piles of little white receipts. There was a giant mound for groceries, a large pile for credit card payments, a small one for fun, home repairs, schooling… It was like looking back through a diary.…

The Author makes it home with his youngest, his only, daughter. It’s late, early in the afternoon but late for nap. He has been calling Lilly’s name in the car and poking her in the backseat to keep her awake so she wouldn’t take a…

An episode at the beach, courtesy of Nick Stokes.

Continuing the Affair, Nick Stokes enters another chapter.

Nick Stokes continues his novel, Affair. In this excerpt: Eros visits with a guillotine.

She must be wondering what I am doing in the bathroom. As am I. She is not alone. She is not alone in wondering. I always am, usually. I am always wondering what I am doing. Is not everybody? I mean wondering what they are…

There is something soothing about a novel—the way that it can transport you from an often traumatizing, confusing world into one where boundaries, intentions, and the difference between right and wrong are more defined. There is comfort in recognizing the “bad guys” of the story,…

The Author sips coffee. The coffee is cold. The sun is rising, god bless. A child, one of his own, screams from downstairs. A ball bounces. Several thuds in succession. He sips coffee. It is still cold. Grounds in his mouth. He spits them out,…