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What I saw last night, reflected back from the depths, was not my face. Not the one I see in the grime of The Medusa’s portholes, nor in the glint...
The Wreck of the Medusa
What I saw last night, reflected back from the depths, was not my face. Not the one I see in the grime of The Medusa’s portholes, nor in the glint...
When I was a little girl, Mum would wrap potatoes in aluminum foil, then put them deep into the blazing hearth between the coals and grandma’s bones. Mum would hold...
Daughter, Mother, Charcoal
When I was a little girl, Mum would wrap potatoes in aluminum foil, then put them deep into the blazing hearth between the coals and grandma’s bones. Mum would hold...
“I need you to walk the deep down,” Auntie Creo said, right before she cut off her left index finger and hung it around Rendezvous’ neck. “Take this with you....
Walking the Deep Down
“I need you to walk the deep down,” Auntie Creo said, right before she cut off her left index finger and hung it around Rendezvous’ neck. “Take this with you....
There’s reasons not to go sit by the banks of the Dequindre. The mosquitoes bite something fierce this time of year, for one. May through September the air is thick...
River Bargain Baby
There’s reasons not to go sit by the banks of the Dequindre. The mosquitoes bite something fierce this time of year, for one. May through September the air is thick...
Nobody knew how the disease-carrying mosquitoes would affect us. Thirty years later and a food shortage to boot, and we knew we’d pay the price. Authorities harvested those in prisons...
Message in a Vessel
Nobody knew how the disease-carrying mosquitoes would affect us. Thirty years later and a food shortage to boot, and we knew we’d pay the price. Authorities harvested those in prisons...
1. Pawn to E4 On Thursday nights, the Daisy slides into her favourite black dress—slightly flared with a pleated skirt—and unrolls her curlers, making sure her hair coils in tight...
The Immortal Game
1. Pawn to E4 On Thursday nights, the Daisy slides into her favourite black dress—slightly flared with a pleated skirt—and unrolls her curlers, making sure her hair coils in tight...
1. POSTMORTEM EXTRACTION a. Ensure physical vessel is secured in the supine position. Proceed only after confirming vessel is unresponsive by lightly striking facial area. when I was fifteen my...
Experimental Protocol for the Coronal Sectioning and Assessment of a Human Soul
1. POSTMORTEM EXTRACTION a. Ensure physical vessel is secured in the supine position. Proceed only after confirming vessel is unresponsive by lightly striking facial area. when I was fifteen my...