City Island
This is part 3. Here is part 1. And 2. Some time afterwards they felt well enough to walk around, and besides, they had to pee. They got up and opened the...
Do You Even
I would rather eat a bowl of dog boogers than do a group exercise class. Both my jobs are in a chair though, and to avoid rusting like a tractor in the rain...
Infertility
They were looking away from their partner, who was slumped over his phone, and secretly feeling relief. They didn’t really want one of the potato-looking...
Fertility
They entered the office carefully, holding invisible zones around their stomach, which had been flensed and tenderized as if for a meal, saying oh yes, they...
Harriet Takes on Mr. Boddy in Her New Show, In the Conservatory, With a Knife
We caught up with Harriet (1) as she was enjoying a leisurely moment in her kitchen, where she was languorously enjoying the mid-afternoon sun. After a time...
Squirrels that Spite You
Marginally Correct Advice from Your Stalker
The Wind Betrayed Me
Broke through Pushed up Crushed my knuckles on gritty earth Stood straight never sinking Soaked through with rainy tears Sun-dried to crackling Disdained by...
Sp#¡n is Not in Their Hearts
I can´t recall the exact date the word “Spain” started to sound like a slur. Maybe it was after my husband gave a 45-minute lecture on the Kingdom of Navarre...
Feral
Cats shrank themselves down from tigers to sit on our laps. Feral cats are humanity’s fickle refusal of that irrevocable, diminishing gift. Nobody has to...
The Greatest
I don’t know if it was a personal deficiency or too many books or something about how I was raised, but the things I used to do weren’t just things I did,...
Andy of Small Death
Andrew Hozier-Byrne would never pass out on the floor while visiting a sick neighbor at the hospital, attracting everyone’s attention to the wrong person....
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