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The Indianness

I went for a natural, “I look pretty even when I’m giving birth,” look.

The Invention of the Darling

With no words to speak about our love, we’re each one more alone.

The Ivory Hotel

I have three girls from my previous marriages, but she beats them all.

The Jewess and the Templar

Rebecca beheld the sword which was suspended over her people.

The Kiss

Below, the kiss silently maneuvers our bodies closer to the rose bed.

The Lady with the Little Dog

Gurov reflected, “it wouldn’t be a bad idea to make her acquaintance.”

The Lady’s Murder

The Langham Club

We backed up and I kept ripping it at his face, trying to knock his teeth out.

The Last Artist in New York

Living as the last artist in Manhattan: it’s the ultimate test of commitment.

The Last Days of Monkey Zak: Part 1

Even if he lost her he would never disparage her, never not love her.

The Lesson of the Master

Kids interfere with perfection. Wives interfere. Marriage interferes.

The Letters

The letter both pleased and disturbed her. Why did he get in touch?

The Little Weaver of Duleek Gate

It was up airly and down late with him, and the loom never standin’ still.

The Lives of Philosophers

He cannot imagine the shape his life would take without her.

The Long-Lost Love Letters of Doc Holliday

The sense of power that flights of temper evoke will betray you.

The Lost Screenplay

Our camera pans along the porch, and we see each praying woman.

The Lucky Bastard

It was on a mid-June morning that the stranger first called.

The Lusitania

A coldness bumped a last kiss upon my cheek, a good-bye kiss sliding across.

The Man Without a Shadow

This is not deception. This is a subtle way of conditioning.

The Mark on the Wall

How shocking it was to discover these real things were not real.

The Mattress Wars

Marriage changes passion. Suddenly you’re in bed with
a relative.

The Mercy of Pronouns

Sometimes a you is a lover, but he is not my lover. He is looking at me.

The Monkey’s Face and Other Poems

The face of love is a poem I am writing in an air-conditioned room.

The Monolith

Jane’s made it clear, this Renuka might not even become a doctor.

The Morro

Your mother still glows with a smoothness that you envy.

The N

Ron Carlson

The New Dark Ages and Other Poems

This storm scares me. A foreign climate occupies the land.

The Night Before

I hadn’t even tried. I was one of the few kids D.A.R.E. had worked on.

The Nightcrawler

He only told the world what the world wanted to hear from a guy who graduated from Harvard.

The Only Way Out Is Through

Derek was holding a gun. The barrel was pointed at his own temple.