Forest for the Trees
I did ask her about the antlers, once, after getting high before bed.
Flash Fiction
You’re Not Alone If You Have Demons
Her ex-boyfriend had claimed to be a vampire, and that was about thirty percent believable. He bit a lot, but he also loved the beach, and what kind of vampire likes the fucking beach?
Philipe, pronounced the French way
I need quiet time, Mum said. And ‘it’ has a name, she added.
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.
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.
GIRLS
YOU’RE NOT A GIRL!
Pearls
“Not everybody likes to see where the product comes from.”