The Pacifists

Our son was killed in action six months ago in Afghanistan on his third tour of duty. Mildred and I eat and sleep and dream in our small house by the old Sanford gristmill, keeping memories away like ice from a sensitive tooth. I stand by my writing desk near the bay...
Coach

Coach

Editor’s Note: “Coach” is an excerpt from Katherine Hill’s novel, A Short Move. His third season as coach of the Pee Wee Monacan Jets, Tim Williams started carrying a calendar. “Well, Tim,” Cindy said when she saw it. “Guess you’re a grown up now.”...

The Syria Dialogue

She drops the newspaper on the table, announcing, “They’re still killing people in Syria, you know.  They say it’s over, but it’s not. Anyone can see that. It’s not.” Although he has not read today’s newspaper, or even yesterday’s, he nods, “Yes, I know.” “Every day,...

Pen Pal

I’ve forgotten his name, but in the photo his boot is resting on the skirt of a tank as he holds up a stubby pencil in one hand and a Galil rifle in the other. “I told you I send you picture,” reads the back. My sister’s high school pen pal was an Israeli soldier in...

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