The Art of Drowning
The motel pool was empty at 3 AM, which was exactly what Mark needed. He slipped into the water fully dressed—dress shoes kicked off, iphone in his pocket like a waterproof anchor....
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The motel pool was empty at 3 AM, which was exactly what Mark needed. He slipped into the water fully dressed—dress shoes kicked off, iphone in his pocket like a waterproof anchor....
Sarah stood by the infinity pool, her palm resting against the warm stone railing. The sphinx-shaped fountain behind her trickled water into the blue darkness, a replica of the ori...
The hotel pool was empty at 2 AM, which was exactly why Maya chose it. She needed to think, and the still water offered something her marriage no longer could: reflection without j...
Mara stood under the hot water for the twenty-third morning in a row, watching her hair darken against the white tile as the cheap dye bled out. She'd become a zombie of her former...
Maria stood at the buffet, her fork hovering over the papaya. She hadn't eaten properly since the funeral. The fruit looked artificial in its arranged perfection, too bright for a ...
The goldfish wasn't even hers. It belonged to Marcus, and now that he'd moved out—three weeks ago, five days, approximately twelve hours—it floated in its glass prison like an accu...
The bull market had taken everything from Marcus — his job, his swagger, and now, seemingly, his marriage. He stood on the balcony of their overpriced resort villa, nursing a scotc...
Emma should have been in bed, asleep beside her husband of twelve years. Instead, she was at the hotel bar at 2 AM, nursing a gin and tonic that had long gone warm, watching Marcus...
The resort pool sat motionless at dawn, that impossible blue that only exists in travel brochures and the moments before you decide to leave someone. Elena waded in, the water swa...
The desert heat pressed against the rental car windows as Sarah drove toward the corporate retreat center, her palms already damp against the steering wheel. She'd been running fro...
Mara stood in the center of the living room, the goldfish bowl glowing like a radioactive moon in the dark. The fish—David's parting gift, or perhaps his parting shot—circled endle...
The spinach had gone slimy in the crisper drawer, exactly like everything else in this house — neglected, past its prime, waiting to be thrown away. Mara stood in the kitchen of he...