Incident I was just phoning it in—you know, like I was on automatic—when I realized, Maybe I’m on the wrong planet? Of course, happiness depends on your longitude as well as your latitude, but [...]
Debris It’s a bright grey day and my automated friends have immolated themselves. Amid the hidden costs, I check for my whereabouts. In the dawn of a new chill, I discover I have a perfect [...]
“While Supplies Last” is in Six Sentences, May 30, 2025 and “His Best Shot” appears on June 22, 2025. “Didn’t See That Coming,” “Suburb,” and “Chicken Man,” three prose [...]
Didn’t See That Coming Speaking of foreclosures, I’m sick and tired of all these damn bugs. At least it’s eel season and I feel slippery as a skinny snake charmer on a fat-free diet. Of [...]
Funny You Should Ask is published by OPEN: Journal of Arts and Letters. It All Depends Admiring the corporality of animals, we’re parked in the ghost car. I have an indoor question: [...]
“Incident” appears in the Winter/Spring 2025 issue of Nixes Mate Review “While Supplies Last” is in Six Sentences, May 30, 2025 “Didn’t See That Coming,” “Suburb,” and [...]
Scorpions How much does your breakfast weigh? I mean, without the eyes. Of course, you’ve got to wonder, What’s in it for the other scorpions? I guess everybody hears a different drummer, [...]
“A Hard Rain” and “Dead Horse” are forthcoming in Rawhead: A Journal of Art and Literature “Live Wires” is forthcoming in Right Hand Pointing The [...]
Sad Maryanne I’m a secret message to myself. According to the rules, the brain is made up of 170 billion cells. It doesn’t matter if you’re below sea level or above sea level; you can still have [...]