When the chimp attacked I left my body. I wasn’t there when he pounded at my face with his fists, when he jumped up and down on my stomach and groin, crushing me. I barely remember being taken away with lights flashing, sirens blaring, but I remember waking up in agony, feeling like someone had ripped my body apart and sloppily put it back together. “I’m sorry, the injuries to...
12/25/25 This hasn’t been the best year. It’s had its ups and downs like all the other years, but this one passed quickly and in a blur of anxiety and discontent. I’m one of those people who thinks “If things are too good to be true, they probably are,” but unfortunately I am not one to heed that warning and prepare myself for the worst. Not long ago, Bobby told...
“It’s never going to work,” I say, her upturned palm in my hand. “No matter how much he loves you, even if he marries you, he’s always going to love her more.” “Then why is he doing this to me?” “Because he thinks he won’t find better or ever be happy again. This is his best worst option.” She cries, and the psychic shifts. “Just leave him. He doesn’t really...
They say that I’m beautiful but I will never believe them. My blond hair is too soft and shiny, my pale white skin so unblemished. I’m petite, a size double zero, and I can do my makeup better than the stylists doing the Met Gala’s red carpet looks. I move like water through any room and part it like the Red Sea, no one can touch me. I’m flawless; I...
We walk up the old wood path that is obscured by mist, which makes everything colored in a haze of green reflected from the lush trees. “We should turn back,” Micah said. “No, we’re too close, it’s right here.” And it was. They’d reached the tree they searched for, and knocked three times on its bark. A hidden door swung in and bright light emanated from within. Cheney proceeded directly...
