Divine Light By Scott Stambler 1968 Kahala, Hawaii. Dad, thirty-nine, suffers a mild heart attack. Apparently he speeds his recovery by fucking his twenty four year old cardiac care nurse. Says he’s in love. Mom’s livid. Woman scorned is a footnote in the ledgers of her wrath. I don’t blame her, but hell, my parents fought more than they slept. When Dad and nurse-girlfriend move back to Los Angeles my mid-adolescent anger solidifies in earnest. Goodbye son, Dad hugs me and articulates his ind...

“Death Floats” By Scott Stambler Edward Windsor had a theory: The appropriate selection of a tie sets the tenor for the entire day. Twenty-Six Months Ago. Friday. 5:30 a.m. He’d sit up, glance at the paper, or watch her shave her legs. He’d wonder why he had lost the desire to make love to her. There was no other woman. Lovemaking had dwindled to a monthly perchance. Maybe they were going through a phase. Who was he fooling? If he didn’t snap out of it she’d end up having an affair. Or worse...