Jul
24
The Book of Storms
We are shaped not only by our own storms but by the unexpected ones we weather through others.
3 min read
The Violet Storm
Jul
13
Sissy
Make a fist when you check your watch for the time.
3 min read
Jul
06
Hypnosis
“What do you wish she had done differently?” she asked.
5 min read
Jun
29
Princess
I looked into the full length mirror and I saw a princess in white looking back at me.
16 min read
Jun
21
Goddess
My mind is still a tornado of ideas, new powers, costumes, secret identities.
11 min read
Jun
15
Ocean
Up and down we go, up and down. I swim powerfully, a mer-boy moving majestically through the dark water towards the light.
7 min read
Jun
07
Dolls
Ruth stomped into the room, holding a Barbie doll by her blond hair and a pair of stone-washed Barbie jeans. “Luke, I can’t get Catherine’s jeans on—her legs are too sticky.”
10 min read
Jun
01
Duck
We didn’t have a dog, but my sister had a duck—a little awkward thing—bright yellow with a large bill the exact shade of dried mustard.
9 min read
May
24
Baptism
A foreword and a memory. A reckoning and a rebirth.
22 min read
May
17
The Red Ball
The red ball is solid but gives when I squeeze it. It needs air.
6 min read