Stories tagged echo

Birds of Midlife

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This is the spring of my inglorious trifecta: a bunion, arthritis, varicose veins. Compared to my daughter’s, my feet are stumps. Hers flex and curve, dart, propel her up the stairs, through the sprinkler, over the prickly lettuce …

The Atheist of Mirrors

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Don't mistake my eyes for supplication. My invisibility is your nightmare.