You were a friendless child capturing moths in glass jars, telling them the names of kids at your school under your breath, your mother teaching…
You’re flying from Baltimore to Dallas, and you tell yourself twenty chips—that’s one serving, one-hundred-and-forty calories, not bad. So you begin with an emphatic inaugural…
When the sperm whale carcass washed up onshore we held a festival we called “Whale Daze ‘72!” There were games and rides and whale-shaped funnel…
A fuzzy trunk reached across Dr. Elisabeth Naylor’s shoulder and ruffled her hair. “Good job you didn’t do that when CNN was here.” She gave…
So we open a business, hoping to do the bootstraps thing. You know, work hard, elbow grease, lube to fuck someone over before they’re fired…
You must understand, the ways of lions are complex. We meant no harm. When the lion—the original, true lion—began coughing, we gave him syrups and…
While I wallow in waters alone, your tail shrinks into a stump below your spine. Some nights, we still wrestle inside a bedroom with papered…
Some years ago, I applied for a job selling suits. The manager hired me because I am not a good-looking man but I look good…
The polar bears have come down off the ice, now that there’s no more ice to be had. They wander through the streets, gazing forlornly…
After my daughter died, I gathered pieces of her from around the apartment. I found strands of hair in a hairbrush, dandruff flakes on her…