January 2022

CONTENT WARNING: Suicide   For some, life flashes before their eyes when they die. Not for John. No… he saw it all slowly. From birth onward, he experienced it all again with new clarity. Life was a dance between pleasure and pain, each moment, transitory. He enjoyed every moment of it until he got to […]

They had a wonderful wedding rehearsal and now lie curled up in bed. “I’m not Ken.” Eva laughs at that. Of course he’s Ken! His mother just showed all his baby photos. Ken is a twin—or was—before… She looks at his scarred face. “Ken, the good son, started the fire. Ken, the good son, died. So, Brian,

This story was crafted around words sent by newsletter subscribers. See below the story for the full list of words and their synonyms. CONTENT WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT   “I mean you no harm.” Medusa freezes at the sound of the man’s mellifluous voice bouncing off her stone walls. Heretofore, the insufferable slayers have been assiduous with their surreptitious attacks. They might be stronger, but

Other dogs in the neighborhood bark as the couple walks by. Not Maybe; he waits for them and pushes his head through the fence, expecting pets. Instead, they run across the road, nearly getting hit by a garbage truck. Maybe doesn’t understand the backyard. No matter what he tries, no pets. He’s a good boy.