1 To Burn or Not to Burn. On May 3, 2010. On May 13, 1985, newspapers reported that the US had sponsored a March car bombing in Lebanon. In a failed attempt to assassinate a popular Lebanese civic and religious leader, the massive bomb devastated a crowded urban neighborhood, killing more than 80 people. Isaiah told himself, sitting on the bus watching a mansion in flames on the side of the road.

When the first snow fell, Jakes wife Kim told him she wanted a fire in the stove. Sure the furnace works fine she agreed, but theres nothing like a good wood fire to warm the bones. I walked toward my truck to find a report form, gesturing at Buck to follow. If we pop him .

Short stories for short attention spans. Monday, May 31, 2010. Tablecloth, forks, and cups. Cheese puff stained fingers and short pants. Plastic coolers filled with ice and beer. Sparklers that spit sulfur on angel food cake until children could swipe them away. Those old enough to know that there was no harm in the spark running the young into hysterics. Beloved, the plastic boats we ran with, alongside the creek bank.