
Mother, False
The girl grows overnight after her mother dies–two extra hands emerge from her back, like the Hindu goddess Durga. Her…
The Clay of It
When he walked into her studio, Elodie was sculpting her seventh ceramic penis of the week. This one had antlers.…
Cotton Mouth
I A cottonmouth swallows me when I am seven. It waits for me just outside my front door, stretched out…
Baby Goat on the Roof
“You’re dead to me,” Cas says when I dart back inside the house and catch her dancing through the living…
I Regret to Inform You I Made These Plans When I Gave a Shit and Things Have Changed
Willow doesn’t even get the satisfaction of saying Brandon broke up with her. They were never a couple, not officially,…
The Flavours We’ll Lose
My daughter, Chiara, turns five today. I get up when it’s still dark because, if I wait until after the…
The Scarecrow Takes a Series of IQ Tests
Predict the next shape in the pattern. Here is a wolf’s heart. Here is a wooden crucifix. Here is an…
Pushed
When I was a girl, a woman in my town died in suspicious circumstances. I still think about the day…
Moon Rabbit
Mother first told me the myth of the rabbit on the moon when I was still small enough to listen.…
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