Los contactos de emergencia
Me senté en la sillita de plástico de la escuela y las rodillas me crujieron como bisagras viejas. La maestra de Mateo, Miss Carvajal, me pasó un papel
El archivo de las horas
A las diez de la mañana del veintiséis de agosto ya había entregado cuatro cajas en la oficina de envíos y el teléfono me vibraba por tercera vez
El día que Amalia vendió las gallinas en doscientos treinta dólares
Yo estaba en el pasillo de la casa de mi mamá en El Paso, doblando unas bolsas del súper para no tirarlas, cuando escuché su voz desde la
My Husband Said No More Dogs After Bobby Died. I Brought Home Two.
I wasn’t looking for a dog. I was looking for a reason to stay out of the house past dinnertime. On a Wednesday in October, I sat in
The Two Gray Muzzles in the Corner
I almost walked out of that shelter before Erin even found the kennel. Four thirty on a Tuesday, rain coming down sideways against the front windows, and I
The Mail Cart Stopped by the Elevator
I met Rita McCallister on a Tuesday, my first day at Lone Star Digital. I was 21, fresh out of UT, and I walked into the break room
Too Much Love
The trash bag split open on the front steps of the split-level house on Birch Street. Nora watched her sweaters tumble into the slush — the gray one
The House I Wouldn’t Hand Over
I was at the kitchen sink, washing the roasting pan, when I heard it. Todd was on the back steps, his voice low, but the screen door didn’t
She Changed the Locks on a Saturday
I worked next to Denise Rubens for six years at the medical billing office on Southeast Hawthorne, and I can tell you the exact week her marriage started
The Woman in 4B
The first one showed up on a Tuesday in January, a black-and-white tom with a left ear that looked like it had gone through a paper shredder. He