I’m clean. I was clean five minutes ago. I scrubbed every inch of skin, washed my hair twice. Now I stand as the water streams over my body. The shower curtain is clear plastic. On the other side, standing before the...
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Thomas Kearnes
Thomas Kearnes is a short fiction author and SAT Verbal prep course instructor in suburban Houston. His major nominations include his 2020 Literary Lambda Award nom for his debut SS collection Texas Crude (Lambda Press), a 2025 Best Microfictions nom, a 2025 Braham Stoker Award nom (as one of its queer contributors), and three Pushcart Award noms. His second SS collection, Death by Misadventure (Dark Ink Books), was released in 2022. He's currently shopping a third collection, Without You, I'm Nothing, and is roughly halfway through his first novel, What Happens Next Happens to Us. He writes for the weirdos. He considers himself a bad gay but a good friend.