Word-At-A-Time-Blog

Terry and Kerry were working the Burger Farm drive-thru. They were best friends and both agreed that people were the worst. “Aren’t they, though?” said Terry. “I know,” agreed Kerry. “Tsk” For instance, Kerry could already tell that the customer who’d just pulled up to the window was the worst. And she just could not … Read more

The place is Easy Convenient, a little store in Little Italy. We find ERNESTO “ERNIE” CAPICHE, a little Italian teenager sweeping the floor. A few months ago, Ernie quit school, telling his parents it was a waste of his time. “Maybe so,” they said in unison, as they always did, in the Italian way. “But … Read more

Maggie’s CCM bike sailed across the sky, silver fenders and reflectors flashing points of light as it arched, rotating spokes glinting in the sun as it paused at the apex of its gazelle leap, before crashing into the pond. She squinted at the Albert brothers – Doug and Charlie – laughing at her from their … Read more