It wasn’t a proper place for a sixteen-year-old to be, let alone work. But jobs were limited in the small… Read more Rest Home Odors
Category: Short Story
The War Between Sobers & Dipsomaniacs
When a sober pays it forward to a drunk, two trajectories can occur. The sober is either saving the drunk… Read more The War Between Sobers & Dipsomaniacs
The Woman Accused of Nymphomania
In America, it has always been a crime to be sexual. Michael Jackson might not have even gotten away with… Read more The Woman Accused of Nymphomania
If You Love Something, Squeeze it More Tightly Than Lennie Would
If you love something, absolutely do not set it free. That shit ain’t comin’ back. It’s about to be gone… Read more If You Love Something, Squeeze it More Tightly Than Lennie Would
A Roach Experience Unlike Clarice Lispector’s
Clarice Lispector. Perhaps the only person in history who could ever make a cockroach empathetic. Or at least try. In… Read more A Roach Experience Unlike Clarice Lispector’s
All That Rot
I had a one-night stand once who pulled a toothbrush out in the morning and went into the bathroom with… Read more All That Rot
Hollywood Nights Like Saudi Arabian Days
As anyone with even a cursory knowledge of misogyny in Saudi Arabia could guess, the decision to “allow” Saudi women… Read more Hollywood Nights Like Saudi Arabian Days
A Yalı on the Bosphorus
The opening notes to “Flipside” burst forth from a yalı that Zehra had never noticed to be occupied before. In… Read more A Yalı on the Bosphorus
Sogni D’Oro
She lived in a small town. The kind that dreams are built on but that can never come true for… Read more Sogni D’Oro
Thomas J But With Mosquitoes
I don’t really understand people who don’t “get” certain pop culture references merely because of their age. When I was… Read more Thomas J But With Mosquitoes
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