Tag: domestic
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Doing God’s Work by Wayne Scheer
Listen to this story on the podcast. “God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform;” — William Cowper Eli and Vernon Browbridge rolled The Fat Man’s bloated body from the trunk of their 1987 Pontiac Grand Prix into the hole in the ground they had just dug. Eli spoke first. “I wonder if…
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House Cleaning by Ian Creasey
It’s magical when kids help out around the house. There was a dead mouse in Mum’s bedroom. Simon gently pushed the door open and crept in. He smelled his mother’s perfume, almost overwhelmed by the odour of sweat and cigarettes and sour alcohol. A ray of morning sunlight shone through the curtains like a spotlight,…
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The Ring by Aislinn Batstone
Things have a funny way of working out – for some people, anyway. Elliot didn’t know what had made him stop in at the pawnbroker’s on his way home from work that Tuesday evening. Perhaps simply the fact that it was so close to his apartment, just across the street behind his building. He certainly…
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Embers by Michael Haynes
It doesn’t take much to fan the flames. Sunday afternoon, the end of Dad’s and my weekend together, was fading fast. If he didn’t have me to Mom’s by six there’d be hell to pay. Dad was sitting in a chair, eyes closed. I started gathering up things, throwing them in the trunk of the…
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Ninety Miles, A Million Miles by Gary Cahill
Even in the shadow of war, the friendship of children is the most effective melting pot. At seven years old I was already more of a soldier than they would ever be. A better secret agent. A real stand-up guy, even. Like, Aunt Maeve would start smoking and reaching for a bottle in her handbag,…