Incidents Around the House

by Josh Malerman

How that’s how you know how smart someone is, by how kind they are.

The grocery store might be someone’s safe place. So maybe they go there to buy just one or two items. Because it feels good just to be there. And the park could be someone’s place to think. Every time they go to the park, they work their problems out. A location can be a beacon to someone else, even if they’re only dots on a map to you.

And while it might be hard to accept, your parents were once your age and they had ideas and dreams too.

And why is the light any more true than the dark?

But I have closets, she says. I do. I love your daddo more than you’ll ever know, but sometimes I wonder if you’re supposed to marry someone with a similar floor plan.