TOUGH

  B randon brought the car to a stop in a sandy wash out on the side of the road between a set of bending trees, their limbs drooping toward...

This place used to be the sea. I sit on a high cliff, overlook the town. Below me the red desert bows under the weight of a lonely city, a...

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...