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When the woman you have a crush on asks you to host a séance, you say yes

When the woman you have a crush on asks you to host a séance, you say yes

You’re not sure if you’re sleepy or uncomfortable, if your heart is stopping every few seconds by your hand or hers, there is something rotten about being mortal and even this crush-love—

A Guide to Living and Dying on the Digital Frontier

A Guide to Living and Dying on the Digital Frontier

“Remind me again why you’re writing a burn piece about yourself.”

Leaking

Leaking

At night I can feel my dreams crawl out and inject themselves into your side, I can feel the veins of the pillows pulsing through to each other.

Best in Show, Reserve Champion

Best in Show, Reserve Champion

This is not Apple Strudel’s first showing. She’s been shown from the Milky Way to the Pisco Nebula.

Bearded

Bearded

It bifurcated at the chin and it bulged at the cheeks. It certainly did look like the objects being mimed.

Two Hooligans Dueling With Their Respective Finger Guns

Two Hooligans Dueling With Their Respective Finger Guns

Eventually the two put their finger guns away as if it had been a draw as each one backed away to different sides of the room.

A Sort of Homecoming

A Sort of Homecoming

I say my goodbyes to my parents and my sister. I expect you to pat my back, but instead you pull me into a hug and I breath in the aftershave you have recently started using. I want this moment to be the start of a love story.