Terry’s Weekend, Part 1
January 2022. Control of all arms of government now consolidated, hothead celebrity manoeuvres power levers of international domestic civic…
Oh, Mr. Darcy
Chapter the First: The Initiation of a Spirited Young Lady Freshly hewn and watered swards of grass complied and supplicated under a dainty pair of…
City of Angels, Part 1
I. Angeles is where the alt-right went to die, I’m told. “I think most of the civ-nats, frog-posters, MAGA-pedes---guys like that---ended up here…
First Day in Hell
As he walked through the flames, trying to check in, the man wondered, What did I do to deserve this? He was in Hell, a place he didn’t believe…
The Worst Hangover
Dalton rolled over and brushed against Samantha. Her perfume lingered in the air as he climbed out from under the covers. As he slipped on his shirt…
I Confess
“Forgive me, for I have offended.” Darrell eased back into his seat in the booth. He couldn’t recognize the voice---it belonged to a cis-gendered…
The Birds Sing at Night
LED lights; so different from the yellow orange street lights I grew up with. They are everywhere now. I feel as if I am in a different country.…
When the Men We Don’t Marry Come to Find Us
I am haunting him. It isn’t my intention, but he just keeps summoning my presence during his daily commute on New Jersey Transit. As he stares…
If Our Holdens Were Fords
It was just an ordinary, laid back Saturday afternoon in October in the outer Melbourne suburb of Doveton. The seasons had just changed from winter…
Anfisa
I. She had a beautiful Russian name: Anfisa. On the basketball court, her teammates called her “Fisa”: she studied at a local institute and was fond…
