Stories tagged tombstones

ISLANDS

218218 views99 comments22 favs

There was talk of wild bacchanalian dancing on the grounds of the wool church, overturned rubbish bins, sheep entrails flung at passersby...

Stones

11021102 views55 comments22 favs

The manicured lawn rolls down either side of the knoll, punctuated with flat granite plaques, the occasional bouquet of cut flowers, a smattering of faded eight-inch American flags.

Two Trees

15921592 views3636 comments2626 favs

I watch my mother and my daughter, each wondering in her own quiet way about where this story will go next.

it's just death, so what

6565 views1111 comments77 favs

Unfortunately, there is nothing to be done about the coupling of tombstones. First of all, their copulations are deafening — how they grunt and sigh! — and secondly, the sparks spewing from the friction — blue, green, yellow, and purple - ignite fires