Fiction
Four Alternate Endings to a Six-Year Marriage
There’s a comfort to our clinging, to the familiarity of togetherness, where the pain is predictable and the pleasure enough.
Elmo’s Struggle
I raised my eyes heavenwards, seeking strength in the blue expanse. Let Zoe have her foolish notions. I would not let Rocco trouble me today.
City Wolf
The werewolf has been scheduling men from the app back-to-back every night—even on the days leading up to the full moon, though she knows she shouldn’t.
The Genius and the Devil
What I wanted to know was this: What does it feel like to create something wondrous? To have a vision and then to perfectly translate that vision onto canvas?
Petals Bend in the Wind
Apollo’s entire being is unstoppable. Yet even he cannot keep up with Zephyrus, with the whipping stone and wind.
Whale Fall
The girl takes another step across the ice. She is bold. She is thirteen. She doesn’t care if things break.
Mess You Up
When you intentionally hurt the ones you love most, you leave behind a demon you cannot kill.
Zochreini
What it was was I wondered if I had the right to call it an assault.
