Fiction
Shroud
I was seven the first time I learned about death. The cold finality of it all surrounded me like a blanket, keeping me company the remaining days of my life. I remember the coffin, light blue with brass handles. The flowers—lilies, evocative of death—covered every possible surface filling the church with their strong, honey-laced aroma. […]
And on the Seventh Dave, Alexander Found the Deer King
“I haven’t been dating other people,” said Alexander. “Only Daves.”
The Maid, the Mother, the Snail, and I
Did you know that snail shells and the inner ear follow the same spiral? That is how we know the snails are listening.
A Mountain’s Remedy
It wasn’t the first time I left my home with only the clothes on my back, my wallet, and a full bottle of liquor just for myself. Except this time I had no intentions in returning to my daily life. I was only half a mile away from the summit of the mountain my small […]
Melinda
Tell me where the data points and where to ship my eastern palms. Family planning and a woman’s body ubiquitously long arms Close around your loped conceptions and our cash. How do you solve a problem like ambition, Melinda? I’ve been caught in the risen gypsy fields, I didn’t mind. I’ll let the world blush […]
Taco Night
“The thing I wonder about most is how did it happen, the thing that happened on Taco Night.”
He Saw Birds
Chronic drug use has gifted him with a superpower he does not want.
Morning Dreams
I will lie awake And lie for fun And fake the way I hold you Let you fall for every empty word I say — Brand New I had a dream that you were cheating on me, she tells him. She opens the cabinet and finds a box of Irish breakfast tea. She knows she […]