Philipe, pronounced the French way
I need quiet time, Mum said. And ‘it’ has a name, she added.
JAKE
The Domovoi
What about this excited her, made her squeeze his hand and turn red all over?
Road Rage
How long before he’s hooked up in the ER?
Three Root Canals
For my third root canal, I came unprepared. No Advil, no beseeching any Gods who seemed unwilling to come to the phone right now. I came in alone, raw, pure of heart, strong of tooth and weak of nerve.
SILVER FILLINGS
Toga parties are life jackets for kids with rich parents.
Review: Burden of Joy (by Lexi Kent-Monning)
Kent-Monning has the rare gift of transmitting raw, bodily experience to her reader.
Extra Metamorphosis
Asher told his first boyfriend he'd discovered a writer named Franz Kafka who'd written a book where a guy wakes up to discover he has been transformed into a large and mostly immobile bug.