Not of This World
The nurses arrived throughout the day, a steady invasion of Laiken’s privacy. At breakfast, they balanced trays of lukewarm scrambled eggs, cups of tepid green tea. Later, they’d come and…
Blossom
THE DAY MY FIANCÉE, BLOSSOM, WALKED OUT ON ME, the potted plant that adorned our kitchen began to bloom. Great, trumpet-shaped flowers—purple, pink, peach, and white—drooped like lazy, cumbersome skin…
Earthbound
Named a Finalist for the 2022 Summer Short Fiction Prize TEDDY SENT A LEGO MAN INTO SPACE. He sent a pirate into the stars. The macabre, execution style method was…
Ocean World
MY EYES ARE FIXED ON THE BLUE DENIM VICE STRANGLING THAT PERFECT ASS. I wish to be a folded dollar bill, a playing card, a Lego man, anything small enough…
My Mom Used to Walk to the Dairy Queen
MY MOM USE TO WALK TO THE DAIRY QUEEN. She’d do that two or three times a week. It was about a mile away. A little more. She would always…