The New Floridian Exclusion Zone
Herrum, king-nominate of the longland peninsula trots through blistering sand dunes scattered with sea oats towards the great saltwater...
Fiction
The Driver
I should also mention he was holding a gun. A friendly gun. A gun that belonged in a gun show or an old Spaghetti Western. In fact, everyone in the room had a gun.
The Bed
After, when mom and I went home, everything felt too small. You don’t really know what to do with your body afterwards...
Wellness Check
I moved to Florida and began living like the elderly I’d long admired...
Modern Nature
The bee pooped on a rug. He turned around to inspect it. He had thoughts about death. He always did when faced with his own waste.
Spaniel
William puts Ernie’s dead body into the hole with the help of his seven-year-old daughter...
Say Hello to the Doula
On a hot Thursday morning, deep in month eight of the red tide outbreak, Cicely and Zinnia walked together to Zinnia’s hideout to retrieve a cold bag of placentas.
Who Said?
How does he know I am not a boy anyway? Who said? What is a boy? I’d ask someone but I don’t care.
Wish You Were Here
I feel like I want to apologize for the quality of these postcards. I wish they had been better ones, and that I could have sent you images of sunsets and palm trees and dazzling flamingos.
Wild Thing
We married for necessity, not love, and when we tired of our husbands, we dispatched them quietly in the night.