ShantyLand

Named a Finalist for the 2022 Summer Short Fiction Prize TODAY WE HAVE A VISITING CLASS OF THIRD GRADERS FROM SIMPLE MINDS MONTESSORI ACADEMY. As their Educational Liaison, I lead…

No Place Like Ventura

SHE HAD BLUE HAIR AND STAINED TEETH. Was it coffee? Cigarettes? Who knows. They were perfect. Every morning she’d plaster makeup on her face and the sun would bounce off…