Non-Fiction

“My family prefers to refer to it as “poisoning”, which I’ve struggled to come to terms with.”

“Jumping was the entire point, of course. V. had amassed the thorns to train the kittens by way of trauma.”

“If I just tried harder my brain would change the structure and would morph into a normal one.”

“It is the sound of a house not shaped by uncertainty, bad decisions and poverty. It is the sound of a normal house.”

“It was no different than any other day for me. ‘Active shooter… Shelter in place…’ was all I could process…”

“Gram finds a lounge chair in the shade, does her usual magic trick and recedes into the background…”

“She stares blankly until Elvis Presley’s silky baritone moves through my iPhone. ‘Wise men say,’ he croons…”

“I’ve never seen a feather on the eggs in our fridge. I can’t tell dad this though. It will break his heart…”

“A beautiful, hauntingly pale woman surrounded by eerie blue tones wears a crimson necklace…”