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If It's So Easy To Drive Out Snakes, Where's My Sainthood?

If It's So Easy To Drive Out Snakes, Where's My Sainthood?

How lucky are we, you beam at him. A flash of clarity: everything beautiful you see here, you made yourself. He’s just the mirror. All the goodness he shows you is only your own, refracted. Quickly, you chew this thought and swallow it.

The Domovoi

The Domovoi

What about this excited her, made her squeeze his hand and turn red all over?

The Intruder

The Intruder

They aren’t loser bachelorettes. I’m the only loser here.

Ten Tips to Have Fun in Miami

Ten Tips to Have Fun in Miami

And remember… what happens in Miami, stays in Miami!

Rosie and Boris

Rosie and Boris

I could write a book on experiences of Rosie’s power, but here I’ll just share a few choice examples, and then I’ll share my favorite experience with her.

Tourists

Tourists

You tend to keep up fake appearances before people you love – until, all at once, something strikes and you speak or shout like nobody is there. You might suppose this would be more insolent than anything else.

My Week of Seven Senses

My Week of Seven Senses

All we humans have “conditions” to bear. Circumstances to survive. Though I’ll grant you, mine may be one of the weirdest.