Act As If
In the bottom of Zadie’s purse, as she sits in a lightly upholstered chair at the DMV to get her…
Could Die for Just a Wee Lie-Down
Beatriz had been insisting since waking that we go to the house at the top of our road, on the…
The Eulogy Competition
My father tells all three of us to write a eulogy and he’ll decide who gets to deliver theirs at…
To The Tower
There are six of them. No, seven. They cycle out of the tower and into the night, following their headmistress.…
The Pebble and the Witch
Transformation magic is easy. Gold into straw, carriages into pumpkins: the witch had done it a thousand times before. The…
The Desert Sound
When I meet her, I say all the wrong things first. Wind the beautiful. Hair is yours. Meet me nice.…
Our Lady of Clean Kitchens
On the morning of her last day alive, Tía Reina awoke with a halo of bright pink aligning her forehead.…
The Astronaut Shops
The astronaut pushes a wire cart through the supermarket. Their body is obscured beneath the thick, radiation-proof fabric. Their face…
Chaos
1. The fourth-grade mothers learn that one of the fourth-grade girls, Jade, is missing. Their sons and daughters announce this…
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