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Only a Lover

Order and gardens. Penelope liked things to grow just as they would.

Only in Things

How do wheels and wind-trash weave us into wakefulness?

Only When

As a shadow I arouse you will you believe the truth of my mouth.

Oppressive Nights

Not long after Christmas, the smoke really hit Melbourne.

Order, Discipline, and Decorum

I broke up fights, bandaged cuts, fielded calls from parents, and sat with the sad or depressed.

Ordinary Heaven

I have many dreams, I say. In my dreams I am better than myself.

Osby

He’s gonna change the way we farm around here. Make it more like India.

OTP

Is there some one way a guy should be on his wedding day, dickwad?

Our Weapons

The rifle slams into my shoulder. Smoke pummels the air.

Out of Body

I don’t need to consult a healer to feel the aura glowing around us.

Out to Lunch

“Out to lunch,” she learns from an older colleague, is a euphemism.

Outside

The architect is twice my age and owns an ivy-covered house.

Over Easy

I was never nonchalant. I was more intense than Kirk Douglas.

Overcast

Eight years, and she was ready to call it quits. They were both ready.

Oysters

Eating a raw oyster is like exchanging a soul kiss with the sea.

Packing Out

The danger was my own carelessness, and now I was waist deep in it.

Pageantry, Intrigue, Contemplation, Mystery

When we wake up, the five windows and the French door are full of light.

Pain Management

I’m trying to decide if I’m too cold to be curious, when the box meows.

Palm Court

He thought of the love that had filled the great central chamber of his life.

Paper Boats

Another girl like an origami crane, given to a reckless boy who unfolds it.

Paper Pledges

Even in death, my mother had to make things difficult for me.

Papi

The only stories we tell ourselves are the ones we need to survive.

Parasols

The beer and the kissing and the lateness of the hour had got to me.

Patchwork Elephant

This kind of childhood stuck with a person, twisted things up.

People (Interlude)

She was wanting to be noticed as a person not wanting to be noticed.

Per Ardua Ad Astra

His name is Lloyd. He lives on Percival. He’s super creepy.

Perfect for Any Occasion

A pie can’t go to college, work hard for the grades, two jobs on the side.

Perfume River

He does not dare to ask the question flaring in his head. Will she stay.

Perishables

Chuck had a grin, but Mike kept his eyebrows raised, very curious.

Pheasant Hunting

He was getting a divorce. I was married with two teenage children.