Writer’s Choice

Chemo Day

The tubes going in your are toxic but trying to save your life. Such a high price to pay.

Begin to fixate on one question: what is the best method of attracting a mate? Try to do what the books say: love yourself.

There is no elixir of life—no poultice or potion—that can compare to the rejuvenation of your love.

The smoke doesn’t choke me anymore. I took the hell you made for me and made it home…

It likely served an important role in human evolution. And, there is evidence that certain animals may daydream.

Neill McKee’s memoir, Guns and Gods in My Genes, could be described as a personalized history of North America.

I see the faces of the ones who do not complain. I stand, godlike, determining their fate. Civilization awaits my decision.

I shouldn’t say “should”, if I want to be happy. But who can be content while they are wasting borrowed time?

Cardamom cloves. Poured into mismatched cup and steel glasses. Sipped over gossip and a twin-tailed mermaid.