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1. You call me your little land friend, but my job is to deceive you. “You’re it!” my father cries on the day I open […]

No more fingerbones. Like unblown balloons, five goopy sacs dangle off my palm. I hadn’t felt anything. I was just waiting in line at Walgreens […]

Nicknames for Dinosaurs She had a sancho in Michoacán. He gave me my faulty spine in the dusk. I had to get two injections in […]

Knotweed grew through the asphalt. Duck weed choked the fish tank. The snails in the aquarium glided through the filter hole. They worshiped the woman […]

We were taking our nightly walk when I paused, looked down at the ground at my feet. Claire paused next to me, looked down where […]

For the past three nights my cat and I have dreamed the same dream. I know that we share the dream because of the thoughtful […]

No dreams The people in their beds are awoken by an energetic and urgent barking. It is far too late and far too cold for […]

Such heat. Even the vultures roosted listlessly in the shade, waiting for the release of death or rain. The pavement burned my dog’s tender feet. […]

Catchphrase I heard this woman say, “I’m coming. Why are you calling?” and I thought something was wrong with that. I don’t know why she […]

We decide to kill Aunt Miriam. We have already done everything else. We have played Monopoly. We have read hospital magazines. We have made tribal […]