Category Archives: Short Story

Who’s bad?

By | October 22, 2020

Someone wrote in her journal that: She wants to be a boy. She wants what her brother has. She wishes God make her a boy. She woke up a girl, still. The same person wrote in her journal, some years later: (of course it is not the same journal) She wants to blow up the… Read More »

Samuel

By | October 21, 2020

Samuel, a half-Jamaican, half-Irish boy, is learning another language. Samuel has mentifery abilities. He uses them. This time, Samuel’s choice of language is Japanese. This has been a hobby of Samuel’s. He wants to understand the language and the culture. As he learns, he bends the language, leaving the culture to wrap around on its… Read More »

Four Women

By | October 20, 2020

On a 3 acre farmable land, there is a house that weighs 1,230,000 pounds. Inside, four women are talking. One young heir of an industry. A pair of codependents in therapy. One perfectionist. “We don’t want to have children. We have no energy left to properly raise them without making our lives unbearable.” Said one… Read More »

October 19th, 2020

By | October 19, 2020

October 19th, Twenty-Twenty. It is a Monday. You can verify. The writer isn’t lying. She heard the splashing sounds of one car after another running over the same puddle of water. Splash. Spla-sh! The writer didn’t investigate the puddle. She wasn’t interested. Confession – The writer is a woman. Continue. This year, Twenty-Twenty that is,… Read More »