One by one the hot sun dissolvedthe little water puddle’s friends away.Though the puddle had seen better dayswith clearer waters, it did not want to leave the earth like them.Being…
Marjorie slides off her space suit.“Glenda, play: Home.”“Certainly dear,” says Glenda, her spaceship.Glenda’s red lights dim. Marjorie slides into her only remaining Earth dress, made of spider silk.Glenda’s mirror-scaled walls rotate…
Phelia hums as she plugs the tub. It’s the first time she’s alone in the house.She pours epsom salt in the bath and runs the water.Phelia hears the whispering as…
I hated my mom as a kid. Of course Dad went from happy to brooding; she lectured him all the time about eating candy.We were allowed some. Why wasn’t he?…