The Sill of the World

This covers the week of 3/28/21 - 4/3/21. foe In her isolation, she has unraveled. She flails at imagined terrors, as they press in on her f...

This covers the week of 7/26/20 - 8/1/20. ballooned Before the fast begins, my stomach feels like a water balloon. evasion Social distancing...

This covers the week of 7/19/20 - 7/25/20. barricaded The side doors to a vacant hotel are barred with luggage carts. dreading I wish I were...

This covers the week of 6/7/20 - 6/13/20. concerns As protestors stream past and chant about defunding the police, two cops talk about their...

This covers the week of 12/22/19 - 12/28/19. again Her dollhouse, I discover, has musical features. So that I won't forget about thes...

This covers the week of 12/15/19 - 12/21/19. appendicitis He's vibrating with tension as he waits to hear the news: Appendicitis or n...

This covers the week of 9/29/19 - 10/5/19 . autumnal The leaves are turning a spangly orange and gold. Coolness is working its way into t...

catch-all She uses "heavy" to describe anything big or adult-like. decoding Even though he's more experienced with JavaScr...

amusement A young brother and sister play with a water bottle for about an hour. First they take turns tossing the bottle to make it land u...

cooling The branches are flapping in a strong wind, as if the trees are fanning themselves. employing The kids are inexperienced executi...

alimentary A narrow path takes us through a narrow park. I get the feeling that I'm in an alimentary canal, a digestive tract. There...

bug At the lecture hall, the walls are a Pepto Bismol pink. I sip Diet Coke to try settling my stomach, before realizing that I probably wo...

carpal Two large stores that sell tons of electronics and related accessories, but no wrist rests for typing and no plans to stock any. I b...

cascading The waterfall reminds me of a rich lather, soap washing away from a crystalline dish. easeful A few of us settle at a picnic t...

appearances They're a young couple, boyfriend and girlfriend, looking like they've stepped hand-in-hand out of an ad for chewing gu...

Both of these are from The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories . Title: The Autopsy Author: Michael Shea Waiting behind him,...

blatant What they hate the most about homelessness is its visibility. commits This evening, I don't have the presence of mind to foc...

myology A woman at the gym whistles and sings (something like, "Ooh, baby, don't leave me") as she does bicep curls. Her bice...

Title: The Fits (2015) Director: Anna Rose Holmer Language: English Rating: Not Rated While watching this movie, it occurred to me...

concealment Bored, he texts me from the party to list all the places where he could hide from the other guests. The shrubs by the pool prov...