“Thing is, I’m a situational smoker. I only have a cigarette when I’m facing a critical situation.” I half listened to the guy’s voice over the shouted chatter, wondering where my friends had wandered to. The club was a happening… Continue Reading
For most people, the dry Phoenix heat left their hair as limp as over-boiled Top Ramen noodles. However, it made Molly’s full head of snakes absolutely crazy with joy of the sun — the electrified poof of ’80s Weird Al… Continue Reading
The sweat makes him itch. Under his arms. Inside the elbows. It tickles his scalp and back. His ass and neck. He pinches the front of his shirt and fluffs some air on his chest. Fawn squirms in her chair.… Continue Reading
Angela sat across from him, beautiful in her weird, skinny, features-all-too-long way. Comedian beautiful. He thought about her hips and spun his coffee cup in a little ring of its own guts. She hadn’t touched her plate of breakfast tacos.… Continue Reading
I always felt stupid around Ron, but for a long time I didn’t know it was stupid. I thought it was love. When Ron and I met we were both eighteen and freshmen. The meeting was the first mistake, I… Continue Reading
This is my first time at a gun show. I’m not very good at it. You made me come here with you, and I’m just terrible, and the guns make me nervous, and I don’t know why I’ve decided that… Continue Reading
In the beginning, there was the worm and the worm was Rod. It wasn’t as if Rose didn’t know better, but Rod was supposed to be different. For starters, he was into astronomy. His favourite star was Betelgeuse and he… Continue Reading
At the outset, the abbreviations confused her. “An MBA! He must have some brains, at least.” Only it turned out to be short for Married But Available, which gave her a good idea exactly where he kept his brains. It… Continue Reading