Swimming in Circles
The goldfish had been swimming in the same glass bowl for twelve years, its orange scales dulling like old paint. I watched it do another lap, thinking about how I'd ended up doing...
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The goldfish had been swimming in the same glass bowl for twelve years, its orange scales dulling like old paint. I watched it do another lap, thinking about how I'd ended up doing...
The sphinx statue in the resort courtyard had been chipped at the nose—something about it made me think of our marriage. Beautiful from a distance, damaged up close. "Are you goin...
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Marcus had become a corporate zombie, moving through the glass-walled offices of Symmetry Corp with the hollow-eyed precision of the dead. He spent his days analyzing data patterns...
Leo sat alone on the front steps, watching the other kids play baseball in the park across the street. He wanted to join them, but he was too shy. His fingers traced circles in his...
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Eleanor sat on her porch swing, the silver hair that once matched her mother's now catching the morning light. At eighty-two, she'd learned that the best things come to those who w...