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“Above them, the manzanita and eucalyptus bent in the evening convection wind. Being outdoors was a celebration of the uneven,…

“Hot, blue sky wheeled around, and the crashing sound of metal on stone faded into silence. Where was he—and who?…

“There is a dead whale. It rolls idly in the warm shadows of this island, among cartoonish sea animals with…

“He was on foot this time, with the baby in the crook of one arm and an oversized bag that…

“I am barefoot. My absolute favorite thing. I reach down with one toe, just my big toe, to give us…

“If there’s one thing wrong with people,” Paul always said, “It’s that no one remembers the shit that they should,…

“Over the past year, icy anger had frozen her grief into her bones, but recently the marrow seemed overwhelmed by…

“Allow me to confide a few darker twists, now that I’m throwing this all out there to you, a perfect…

“My father told my brothers and me the story of how the statue of Saint Sebastian came to the village…