A gray summer day the sun is on vacation sunflowers hang their heads Donal Mahoney

First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat

In a very crowded bar Fred decides he must tell this fellow something important so he whispers

I never think about bison. After all, I live in St. Louis, why should I? But when I went hunting for quail in Montana

I saw Al once a month for 30 years, maybe more, doing business together. He retired to hunt bear in Alaska, hook Tarpon

Things are quiet here, a friend wr… in the first email of his long lif… Most mornings I drive to Gillson… sit and read beside the Lake. The waves are a symphony.

Little Nora and Grandpa Bill sit on swings in Grandma’s garden. A hummingbird arrives to sample the brilliant flowers at this buff… Grandpa Bill sees a teaching mome…

Officer Burks brings Max the Bloodhound into the alley and Max immediately strains at his leash.

We have a drop-off problem in Ame… We must decide which restroom one can use when nature beckons. So far, tumult reigns among the pe… If we declare both genders equal

It’s not the beach. It’s a lake of fire, if it’s there. That lake we heard about in

The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down

They’re usually poor people, sometimes considered the flotsam of society, always in the way at the grocery store,

Young hummingbird swirls and darts to the red feeder. Black cat waits below. Donal Mahoney

This time Wilma is ready for the bastards jimmying her front door, coming back for more. The first time she was asleep,