Confession: I thought I had an original idea when my first story came from the rebellious and socially conscious album Second Law by the band Muse. I thought someday I would send them a letter telling them how Everett and Mara and the 2nd Federation Army had come to be and I would thank them... Continue Reading →

Why have you been forsaken here on the side of the road, cars whizzing by? Do they not see you? Do they not care? You are still holding together, no parts of your frosted exterior smeared against your container. Your shiny plastic crown still rests in its proper place, not a shift or a jostle... Continue Reading →

There were dollar signs everywhere. On sticky tags. In glossy brochures. As one who has always run far, far away from numbers and bathed myself in the serenity and flexibility of words, I did not know what to make of this world. Sure, I knew everything had a price tag. It wasn’t like I hadn’t... Continue Reading →

I have to talk about Amanda on a day I recognize each year as a milestone. I have to talk about Amanda because she was a divine soul, extinguished too soon. I have to talk about Amanda because I often wonder where she’d be if she had earned the survivor badge like I did. Amanda... Continue Reading →

He has a monster inside. It hungers for more, always for more. He strokes his hand across its scales to calm it, to soothe it, but it demands reconciliation.