To Answer in the Affirmative re: Distinguishing Marks by Kelly R. Samuels Nothing much of anything. Freckles. A mole along my collarbonethat was mistaken at least once for a tick. They stood on the trailand slapped at it, as if that would save me, until I realizedthe...
The Mysteries of Patio Vistahermosa by Pablo Piñero Stillmann I It’s been my cross to bear from a very early age (and I understand it’s not an uncommon cross) that worrisome thoughts pop into my head as soon as I get in bed at night. As early as seven years old I was...
Bad Trick List by Alayna Becker A witch I know told me the earth under Spokane is restless. She says the hot spot, the source that feeds the Old Faithful geyser 500 miles away, once coursed under the land that is now the city. The acid fumaroles and mud pots at...
ABC by Beth Bosworth We were walking down Ludlow Street when you said you weren’t sure. What do you mean? I asked, turning. I don’t care about you as much as I did, you mused. What’s wrong with me now? I asked. You snap your gum, you said, and you leave wads...
Shimmer by Kelly Lynn Thomas You know—or used to know—three things. In your youth, when you embraced an obnoxious and overt homosexuality to compensate for your teenage awkwardness and unknowing, you rejected the idea of your body as something to be ashamed of,...
