Tarantulas on the Lifebuoy by Thomas Lux
Sick to my bones again. I don't know where it came from, or how it happened, but suddenly I am out of breath, feeling cold, so cold. It's like I took a tumble off a cliff, and I am falling,
A Little Tooth by Thomas Lux
The houses were burning and we could hear the wail of sirens as fire trucks raced past us. My sister, on her way home, saw the black clouds from far away and felt her heart leap to her throat. We