Fiction
Four Stories
The Life of a Zombie He and I moved in together a week ago, and I am still blown away by my feelings for him. I had given up after …
Read MoreThis Cake Is for the Party
It’s cooling on a rack on the kitchen counter. David is on the couch, cleaning under his fingernails with a corner of his Safeway card, and I’m in the kitchen, …
Read MoreThe Ring Bin
The host glitters as he leans into the mike, glitters in the swath of white shirt between his dark lapels, glitters even in his hair. He may have tinsel in …
Read MoreMadame Poirer’s Dog
When Doctor Gisele came this morning to assess me again, she asked me to name an animal that has four legs. I told her a snake. Honestly. Why does Residence …
Read MoreThe Rules of Engagement
For a man who made his living seducing women, Fork wasn’t particularly good in bed. Susan and her friends, Lindy and Mai-Lin—women she’d known for a decade, known since high …
Read MoreNoisemakers
Peter killed the engine in the middle of the lake, the boat rocking up and down on its own waves. They might just drift for a while, maybe lie on …
Read MoreWe Come in Peace
Unlike Baal and Asmodeus, we were not, are not, fallen angels. Not even Rachmiel, who no longer resides among us
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