I Am…
Translated from Spanish by Yvette Siegert my wings? two rotting petals my reason? shots of briny wine my life? a well-conceived void my body? a fissure in the chair my moods? a child’s gong my face? a … Continued
Coming of Age
Horse Girl Fever
Poor Horse Girl. She was cross-eyed and flunking the fourth grade because she couldn’t stop drawing horses, big beautiful stallions that galloped across her math homework and into her English compositions. Her feet pointed out like a penguin … Continued
But I’m the Only One
who’d walk across a fire for you, growled Melissa. That song blared out from all four of our bedrooms’ tape decks, often simultaneously, as if that song was the only one we all loved, the only one we … Continued
When Will We Get What We Deserve?
In late spring, Darla said that she was pregnant. Hermann knew that the baby wasn’t his, couldn’t be his, because she was fastidious about him always using a condom. She made him take it off in the bathroom when … Continued
The Neon Touch
Kelly, whose mother had rolled up the Subaru windows and driven into a lake, took photos of crushed up anti-depressants. Each pill, Kelly said, represented an unanswered question about her mother’s suicide. Sophia, whose parents … Continued