Nearly all the lights were on, each illuminated window a portion of his life that wasn’t hers. No movement appeared in the front; no bodies in the space between the…
The lipstick went on in a smooth, plum stroke. G looked at herself in the mirror to check the color. She wiped it off with a tissue. The counter was…
The little girl sat down to eat her banana. It was the biggest banana she had ever seen. It was the biggest banana her mother had seen. Her father said…
Aegialitid Beetle We’ve got seaweed in our hearts, said Bridget and Lev and Stanislaw all at once. They did this to see how the strangers would react. They’re very rare,…
I can hear him, feel him inside my secret heart. Looking up through the water, his feet hang over the jetty just above my world. We, who are blessed with…
You take pride in being the grounded Darling. Wendy is clearly the one “in charge,” and she pretends that these notions are one and the same, but they’re not. Yes:…
What will be remembered: My oldest sister. Beautiful and arrogant, leading us through the tunnel. She was strong-willed. She was careless. She was trapped. My youngest sister. Light-footed and clever.…
Kermit was a frog-faced boy, arguably prince of the court pages, or a prince-turned-page; it didn’t matter, he was simply there, and I never considered paying him any attention. He…
Once upon a time, there was a little girl. Her mother called her ‘beauty queen’, ‘the prettiest girl of all’. When they were done with the day’s work, they went…
Swarming comets & comments moons too many mouths twisting & still speaking in seven flicks of tongue seven tremors one of seven dead girls bodies all hyperextended joints & angles…
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