Month: April 2019
+ Broken
Olfactory
by Amanda Tate
She’s due back anytime. I need to leave, but I keep waiting for something to happen. I don’t know what, but something. Something needs to happen. I want things to happen. I need things to happen. Something. Anything. It’s not what I thought it was going to be, this being in your house. I don’t know what I thought it would be like; I guess I … Read More Olfactory
+ Life
Man’s Best Friend
by Amanda Tate
My neighborhood is diverse in many ways — age, race, and religion — and these folks really seem to like dogs. I get a good glimpse of my neighbors mostly while they are walking their dogs up and down the hilly streets of our idyllic little community. It’s great people-watching. There’s the very tall, willowy woman with the mutt. They walk briskly, and she … Read More Man’s Best Friend
Haunted
by Amanda Tate
I once built a whole love affair on letters. Well, that’s not fair. I once built much of a love affair on letters. Words, books, poetry, songs, prose: you name it, we seduced one another with any and all of it. Once upon a time, a long time ago, I met someone and together, we journeyed a great and terrible distance. Through it all, … Read More Haunted
The Light We Shine
by Amanda Tate
I’ve spent a lot of time lately sitting around with ghosts. Generally, I find that ghosts make the best conversationalists when it comes to discussing death, because the living don’t really care to have that dialogue. I, however, don’t have that problem. I have absolutely no concern or fear of my death, because of what I believe happens when we die and because of … Read More The Light We Shine
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