"Perhaps you’ll indulge an old woman if I tell you a bit about how I came to write the 'Fluffems' series."

Address to the Greenville Senior Women’s Club 35th Annual Pedigreed Dog Show by the Mystery Writer H.L. Lemontre

Improbable Object

* Fiction Daily selection


"Chaplin had whined a bit, and tugged impatiently, then lay down and started to chew meditatively on his leash. His resignation was quick and without malice, it left no trace."

Of What is Sweet and What is Terrible

Hamilton Stone Review


"I knew she was going to die then, but I guess I forgot. It was the biggest thing I had ever thought, I couldn't hold on to it."

Third Lesson

Identity Theory


"I knew she was going to die then, but I guess I forgot. It was the biggest thing I had ever thought, I couldn't hold on to it."

Innocence

Emprise Review


"When I woke up early on Sunday morning, I suddenly wanted to call Chloe, just to thank her for being my friend, but then I realized I’d left my cell phone in the fountain."

China Mobile

Stirring


"The old man had carried the crossword puzzle folded in his wallet for so long that the paper had gone soft and fine as cotton."

Crossword

Six Sentences