Kate Ryan

The bread had to be store-bought and white, of course, so as not to raise a red flag among my classmates. I still see rebellion in a ham sandwich.

Is flagging potentially offensive material taking the PC movement too far?

The birds abandon their posts in the pepper trees, sending tiny, oblong leaves raining to the ground.

I have no choice but to start all over again, tomorrow or not at all.

She couldn’t imagine the water she sat in, the water that enveloped her body, wanted to be here.

Sheila applied widely and on a whim. She needed a job and she needed one fast.

LAX, on the other hand, seemed like a perfect place to pick up the latest deadly virus.

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I saw my old babysitter at a women’s wrestling cage match.

Writing simply does for me what long walks do for small dogs; it makes me tired and happy.