once upon a time...
Ice Cream Fairy
She hadn’t meant for the bridge to fall away under the hooves of the hero’s horse, or for the peasant girl to turn into a pumpkin instead of her chariot. I’m not an engineer, she’d said in her own defense. I’m a fairy. Sure, she had missed the mark in her last few assignments, but...
Sockless and Happy
I’m writing your name on a bar napkin, the edges sopping from beer glass sweat. I missed work three days in a row––keep calling in...
House For Sale: Crypt Included
The temperature dips as the black-haired realtor leads us down the stairs. “Be careful,” she says, hanging on the rail. “The wood steps are...
A Few thoughts on halloween
Fall is here! It’s hard to tell when you live in Arizona, well, the Valley anyways. There are no trees changing color and we’re still waiting for...
One Way to Nowhere
Mrs. Marcy, the neighbor from upstairs, said she saw you the other night, shivering behind the Greyhound Bus Station. I went to look for myself....
Rains of Forgetfulness
There were wildflowers, yellow and purple, growing wild in the fields. The kind of flowers you would make me pull over for. To take a...