Joey looked down at his phone the picture from the bar staring back at him. He was there with his best friend and his girlfriend. Girlfriend was a strong word, but for 10 years, more than 10 now, he called and she came. He touched her and she came. Such a good little bitch and always ready…
Month: October 2023
Tonight
This is an excerpt from October’s exclusive short story… subscribe to the newsletter to read the full story, available on 10/29 Nails dragged down her back forcing her body upward. Rough skin chaffed the delicate skin of her throat as it squeezed the breath from her. She would have gasped had she been able to…
Under the Weather
The air was heavier for some people. She had heard it somewhere before – a television show or maybe the radio. It certainly was today. Jázmin was under the weather and everything felt heavier. Breathing, her eyelids, just being seemed more exhausting than normal. Really, she should have called out from work, but it was…
Right Hand Hold
Do you do everything they tell you? She looked across the room. The whisper of the tentacles weaving through the air, caressing the inside of her ear. We’re your world. Your creation. Not them. It said again. The whisper of a thousand voices. a thousand small, sucking circles reaching out, waiting for something to stick…
A Million Miles Away
Everything felt a million miles away. Cliché but also incredibly true. The kids down the block were still playing, the digital picture frame still flipped through to new pictures, even she was still getting ready but she couldn’t feel anything. Nothing seemed to be connecting to her either. The laughter from curtains she and her sister had…