Yes, Marisol writes poetry, and no, you can’t fucking read it. She glares at you over a mountain of hoodies. Stop asking so many questions,…
Some scientists did this study where they let rats have all the cocaine they wanted, only half the rats had access to sugar water and…
“Ruby,” he says. “You are a goner,” he says. Only he says it this way, “It is between the brainstem and the cerebellum.” He holds…
When my sister’s husband and I get drunk, we get grandiose about Texas. We’re drinking Lone Star Light tallboys, even though I’m ditching gluten and…
It’s why that block’s on the far hill facing the other way, away from the road. Sure, it gets the first morning light, but it’s…
Once a week after store hours, I take the navy rubber bands off all the Maines and let them loose in the labyrinth. The lobsters…
You are playing with the neighbor girl Sharon, whose parents are pack- rats, so you always have to play outside. You would prefer to be…
the floor is swimming in mice, their brown silky backs waving toward the bedroom door, a solid mass of them running for the opening. They…
Uncle Lowell invited me to follow him into the bathroom. He reached up high into the medicine cabinet and pulled down an old tube of…
I was trapped in the other tomb. The one where Jesus forgot to wake up. Slept in so late with a new body too bright…