top of page
Search
HELPLESS
The roses were blooming, all at once, on both sides of the sidewalk: red, yellow, pink. It was too much, the profusion. Jessica closed...
Callie K West
May 8, 20225 min read
Paradise
My father’s last words were to my sister-in-law Melanie. “Take care of Larry,” he told her. Soon after, he took a turn for the worse, and...
Callie K West
Jan 13, 202115 min read
SSDD
As was often the case, Dorothy’s first thought when she woke up was, “Nothing new under the sun.” She’d had the thought a few times...
Callie K West
Jun 19, 20205 min read
THE DRIVE
I fly up the on-ramp like a thousand butterflies lifting from the earth. Merging, I hear honking. It sounds like an elephant trumpeting....
Callie K West
Jun 19, 20203 min read
THE SCIENCE OF ENDINGS
He had some questions. He wondered if there was an edge to the universe. He knew it was expanding, always expanding. But way far out...
Callie K West
Jun 19, 20202 min read
VACCINATION
We were dancing in the streets; I mean literally. Moms with babies in their arms and a glass of Bacardi and Coke in their hands, laughing...
Callie K West
Jun 18, 20206 min read
CARELESS
It didn’t take long for us to be on hugging terms. We liked each other right away when we met in the writers’ group, and started meeting...
Callie K West
Jun 17, 20204 min read
SOCIAL DISTANCE
Gretchen gave a moment of consideration to the idea of walking out the door, across the packed dirt yard to the sidewalk, and looking up...
Callie K West
Jun 15, 20209 min read
bottom of page