Category Archives: Story

First sentence: Night. A night like any other in Starhollow: the headlights of cars, small and lost between the skyscrapers; the smell of hydromel and wine wafting from those few bars still open; and above me, the distant light of the … Continue reading →

Synopsis: A day laborer is hired as part of a crew to clean up a flooded creek after a flood just outside of Boulder, CO. Thirty minutes later, that five o’clock whistle blowing a couple hours late, my uncle’s unregistered … Continue reading →

First sentence: Gods won’t save you. Gods will break you. Nevertheless, you will persist, and become anew. This is the first myth: that your boyfriend from when you were fifteen will come and get you out of hell.  Synopsis: Ah, … Continue reading →

Synopsis: Beni is an aging drag queen about to deliver his last show with a bang. He needs the perfect dress for that event and goes shopping at a dress convention.  His requirements are detailed, and come with a price, … Continue reading →

First sentence: Before I was a sycamore I was a woman, and before I was a woman I was a girl, and before I was a girl I was a wet seed wild in the hot-pulp belly of my mother.  … Continue reading →