Excerpt #96, Rocking-Chair Moon
Ebenezer —Carly Nancy Booker, the small headline on the obituary page reads, and my eyes reluctantly move to the photo...
Excerpt #95, Rocking-Chair Moon
Tour —Ben This place has COLLEGE written all over it in big, bold letters— old, dark buildings with character, new,...
Excerpt #94, Rocking-Chair Moon
Black Bear —Ben At the main entrance to the campus stands a life-size granite statue of a grizzly, down on...
Excerpt #93, Rocking-Chair Moon
Driving to Missoula, Night —Ben Rocking-chair moon, white on black, Big Sky furniture. Dad’s grin beaming down. Long Break —Carly...
Excerpt #92, Rocking-Chair Moon
Stimulus —Ben My shirt smells like Tess— late-night brownies, couch cushions, her cheek, slick with sweat. Lost and Found —Carly...
Excerpt #91, Rocking-Chair Moon
Selective Vision —Carly Ms. Buckner pretended she didn’t see the poster, although I watched her subdue a grin when she...
Excerpt #90, Rocking-Chair Moon
Payback, Stifled —Ben I want to kick Dwight’s ass, Carly’s buddy Holly wants to neuter him, and Mom wants to...
Excerpt #89, Rocking-Chair Moon
Culture Shock —Carly We’re back in the world of cell phones and laptops and school and drama of the worst...
Excerpt #88, Rocking-Chair Moon
Missing —Carly Vacation beckons. Looked for Dwight to say good-bye. Occupied, I guess. Midwinter Break, Cabo —Ben Dad made...
Excerpt #87, Rocking-Chair Moon
Season’s Greetings —Ben Christmas is coming, a tattered, hollow, garish impersonation of its former self, unconvincing even from a distance....
