Category Archives: Magical Realism

Word Count: 269 She brought her heart home in a cup, wrapped in a napkin, stuck in her purse. Her tears dried into shiny snail trails on her cheeks. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Love was supposed to … Continue reading →

Word Count: 474 Catherine The Psychic told me that I had two ghosts living with me and one of them was my grandmother. She said the other one’s name was Ted and maybe he was just a former tenant. Then … Continue reading →

Word Count: 472 They brought him home in a large plastic bag, assured me the pieces were all there. They said they were very sorry and perhaps I could still put the pieces back together. I told them I didn’t … Continue reading →

Word Count: 520 The man on my doorstep was bright green, nearly chartreuse. The woman with him was cherry red and I couldn’t help but snicker silently at how Christmas they looked, and out of place on this hot August … Continue reading →

Word Count: 346 The lady next door has made friends with a black bear. It came through our backyards one spring day and she started to feed it. Now it eats from her hand. Every summer I’ve watched her sitting … Continue reading →

Word Count: 394 I didn’t notice that my right foot was shrinking until my shoe fell off when I got out of the car. Once I realized that something was going on, I became more aware of it. Like when … Continue reading →

Word Count: 238 In the town where I grew up a lady gave birth to a spider though she’d always wanted a son. But a mother’s love overcomes our flaws and reaches beyond disappointments. She learned to diaper around all … Continue reading →

Word Count: 493 He became her shadow, replacing the one she had grown up with and known all her life. She hadn’t an inkling that the switch had been made, he was so well-versed in her ways. The attitude of … Continue reading →

Word Count: 481 Once you have heard the scream of a string bean being julienned, it will haunt your days forever. Most people don’t know–I never did–that all living things have feelings. Not only physical like pleasure and pain, but … Continue reading →