TOUGH

W e were on the patio by the pool, under a blazing hot sun. Marie sipped a melon daiquiri from a sweating glass, taking a break from recit...

L orraine was still groggy at five as she stepped out of the shower and began her half-hour makeup ritual before work. She dressed in her un...

“Where’s the harbor?” Loney was forking hot dogs off the rollers in what passed for the kitchen of the Tumble Inn Tavern. He turned to fa...