Aug 12, 2022
Pages from Before
Three days, our people had agreed: a real, old-school, ‘Rolling Stone’–style profile.
Pinned
“I didn’t even realize the sun had already set,” I said, turning on a light for Herrick. He awoke with a jerk. “Time to eat.”
Aug 05, 2022
An Old Hope
In previous pages of my journal, what I had remembered of the poem she’d shared with me, I jotted down.
Jul 22, 2022
Alarm
Our Prevenir wristwatch alarms went off, the sound like a flock of robotic seagulls. One pill, every fifteen minutes, for twelve hours of each day.
Jul 15, 2022
People Like Them
It would never be said that Gloribel wasn’t the first, or the last, to swallow what wasn’t real.
Jul 01, 2022
Two Mothers and a Tara
Usually, Tara’s mother socializes. I stand at a distance, holding Tara in my arms.
Jun 24, 2022
Gentle Cheater
The slip taped to his locker at the post office was an obscene shade of rose—a private pink that called to mind the very thing that had gotten him in trouble in the first place.
Jun 10, 2022
Theory of Knowledge
An example of the just-world phenomenon: If anyone found out, they would think I deserved it. When it’s the girl who gets hurt, they always do.
Jun 03, 2022
The Dreams that Float Above Our Heads
When Lilith and Gerald were married, it was because they should be.
May 27, 2022
Cipher
2-Down: ______ Stewart, queer actress you feel like you should be attracted to but aren’t.
May 13, 2022
A Dog Is Not the Answer
Alicia only meant to bring newfound meaning to her bedraggled life, hoping her memories and grief would be blunted by the comfort of another living creature.
May 06, 2022
Our Future Is Mars!
On Mars, there would be no coupling off, no cliques. People couldn’t leave you behind. That’s what Libby had been counting on.
Apr 15, 2022
Every Little Homie Needs a Nickname
Listen, it’s okay to say you want something to stick around. It’s okay to love something.
Apr 01, 2022
Eyes in the Wings
The neighbors wanted the bird out. “Do something,” they said. It was all in the eyes, wide and accusatory and wild.
Mar 25, 2022
Confessional
Kurt had costars—and many ex-costars—claim their producers were like their best friends, their handlers, their editors, their priests.
Mar 04, 2022
Werewolf
I tell him how the reaction from my community was in some ways worse than the abuse.
Feb 18, 2022
For the Birds
Such intensity of emotion was rare for Calvin, but seagulls warranted it.
Feb 04, 2022
Colonel Sanders
In walked Colonel Sanders, a Chinese man with a white goatee and square black glasses.
Jan 28, 2022
