I went to the saloon tonight and ordered a Kyle Rittenhouse, eight shots…

“You’re 37?” he said, standing by her office door. “You look much younger than that. I thought you were closer to 21 or something.” “Thank you,” she said as she smiled up at him. “What’s your secret?” he asked. “I let a demon possess my soul in exchange for eternal youth,” she laughed. He laughed,…

Now that I’ve lived through a plague, I can understand why women in Renaissance paintings are all chubby and braless.

By the age of four, my son insisted on dressing himself. Not only did he want his clothing to be color-coordinated, but he had to button every button on the front of his shirt, and he had to have his socks pulled up, even though he might be wearing pants. The only difficulty he experienced…

Edweird had heard of this place as he crossed out of the green, lush forest and into the mountains of snow and bitter winds. Not only did it come like a whisper from the clouds, but the indigenous peoples of cerise, flaxen, and sepia spoke loudly of it. Down into the valley, he stumbled, exhausted…

In my twenties, I never thought about death. I never thought about dying. Even when nearly killed, I was sure I would live forever and be happy. In my forties, I began thinking about death as my folk and friends began to die, and I developed a sudden fear of dying. I didn’t want to…

I woke with the strangest thought — while cleaning out our vacuum cleaner I became a vacuum cleaner.

eternal language music, math and they can speak i am deaf, dumb, blind

silence is golden say nothing till spoken to but birds get to sing?

She contacted me via email, saying she had information about any gruesome crime story I was investigating, and it sounded promising. Cats were disappearing from all over town, only to later be found torn to pieces and partially devoured. I wanted to know if this was the work of a cult. We agreed to meet…