It started around midnight and [clears throat] continued for what felt like hours. deep rattling coughs that echoed through the thin walls. Caleb lay in…
Acceptance without understanding. Evelyn, don’t. She held up a hand. Don’t tell me secrets you’ll regret sharing. Don’t make confessions you’re not ready to make.…

At 7:30 on September 18th, 1944, Private Firstclass Arthur Jackson was on his knees, not pinned down behind Coral, not crouched in a shell crater,…

On the 26th of November 1941, a Japanese attack fleet consisting of six aircraft carriers, two battleships, and hundreds of aircraft departed from Japan and…
The feelings were real, were they? How can you even know? you were so busy playing a part that you don’t know what’s real and…
The foreman returned each time with updates delivered in his characteristically blunt manner. The widow’s still there, still struggling, but surviving. Her garden’s doing better.…
What happens when you collapse? When this place finally falls down around your ears? Then I’ll deal with it by yourself with no husband, no…
Sometimes there just aren’t any. The door closed softly, leaving Caleb alone in the darkness. He stood there for a long time, the key heavy…
When she finally appeared, her face was drawn and pale, her eyes red from crying or lack of sleep, or both. She didn’t speak to…
Come in then, but make it quick. I’m tired, Mr. Rivers. That’s just it. Caleb stepped inside the small house into the space where they’d…
