I swim out a long way, my arms heavy as cathedral doors, eyes stung by wasps of salt, lungs, exhausted, gasping. Behind me, the darkened sea breathes its breakers into shore, the [...]
Like electrons darting stochastically about an atom’s nucleus, the flies circle the victim’s dead body—a noisy hum against the murder scene’s otherwise grim silence. I hate this part of [...]
Every thing is two things, simultaneously. This is due to the multiplier effect: firefly, lovehate, stopwatch, cowboy, Iceland. Of course, there are a number of ways to think ‘snow.’ Don’t [...]
In the shower no lights on, none necessary, I know where everything is or should be. Nevertheless, I hold my breath, anticipating a reeling emergency, but it’s just a feeling. Some people fear [...]