I thought it was a dream, when I coughed my teeth into the sink. I’ve had similar dreams before. Even looked them up. Anxiety, according to the search engine on…
Horror
White Light and the Seven Garbage Wives
All their husbands smelled bad, and it wasn’t just because they were garbage men. The tips of their thumbs and two fingers were rancid and rough, perpetually sweaty and sour…
Walking on Eggshells
Sometimes I wish I could climb inside my husband and disappear. I think that if I could shrink myself small enough I could crawl in between his ribs and make…
Graffiti
Anna made sure no one else was in the women’s bathroom before entering the stall nearest the window and latching herself in. She took a medium-point permanent marker from her…
Eidolon Acres 3: First Day of School, continued
Natural Philosophy comes next, with young Master Krill… …followed by Poise and Posture… . ..with the Turgid Sisters wrapping up the morning with Elocution lessons. After all that learnin you’re…
Alive
What they say about us is wrong. Not completely. We do show up where we died. That part’s true. But the bit about returning for unfinished business? Total nonsense. I…
Party Dress
Party Dress Annelise Hillmann You’re changing, says the doctor, and the teacher, and the saleswoman at Victoria’s Secret. It’s true. At the beginning of last school year,…
The Place Felt Wrong
Don’t Say Her Name When the baby was born, Addison and Maggie Savannah named her Minnie Katherine. When they discovered a tiny blemish on her foot, they nicknamed her Minnie…
Eidolon Acres 2: First Day of School
(part 2 of Eidolon Acres) The smell of wet dog and burning fungus can mean only one thing: the Emissary Doll has entered your waking dream. Wakey wakey, eggs and…
Goya and The Witches
Jacob Rabinowitz made a series of mathematical and art history videos as part of an educational YouTube channel called “Online Renaissance.” The channel has been renovated as 96th of October…