If I Knew you Better, I’d Apologize

Tommy Dean To celebrate the divorce, her husband drove his new motorcycle up and down their oak-lined street, each rip of the engine a reminder of why she left. Early fall, she stood on the porch, arms crossed, the porch lights shrouding her from the glares of the neighbors. Standing…

Mother’s Cat

Michelle Nichols There was a tremble in the old woman’s voice over the phone. She told me her grandson had found Mother’s cat from one of my flyers. My sick grandson, she said in a way that made us both pause. “A white cat with one blue eye,” I said….

IF MY BOOK: Mending What Is Broken, Robert McKean

Welcome to another installment of If My Book, the Monkeybicycle feature in which authors compare their recently released books to weird things. This week Robert McKean writes about Mending What Is Broken, his new novel out from Livingston Press. If Mending What Is Broken were a play it would a…