Riley took a little step forward and looked up. “Do you want to play Xbox with us?”

Riley took a little step forward and looked up. “Do you want to play Xbox with us?”

The nuclear fission that generated heat should not have been survivable after one hour.

The nuclear fission that generated heat should not have been survivable after one hour.

The room is small and empty and unfamiliar. A pool of vomit in the corner. Cigarette butts ground into yellow carpet. What seem to be streaks of blood coat the walls. It looks like it smells like shit, but all he can smell is the piss in his costume.

The room is small and empty and unfamiliar. A pool of vomit in the corner. Cigarette butts ground into yellow carpet. What seem to be streaks of blood coat the walls. It looks like it smells like shit, but all he can smell is the piss in his costume.

I was excited at the idea of killing a man, because I thought I really deserved it.

I was excited at the idea of killing a man, because I thought I really deserved it.

I hadn’t written a line of prose in years. I was a corporate machine running on fumes, yet this girl in a G-string was playing the oracle.

I hadn’t written a line of prose in years. I was a corporate machine running on fumes, yet this girl in a G-string was playing the oracle.

My task is to record, photograph and label every item the unclaimed dead leave behind. Each file arrives in a brown envelope stamped Housing Bureau - Unclaimed. The instructions are clear: take nothing, feel nothing, sign all pages.

My task is to record, photograph and label every item the unclaimed dead leave behind. Each file arrives in a brown envelope stamped Housing Bureau - Unclaimed. The instructions are clear: take nothing, feel nothing, sign all pages.

Doodles had no memory of life before the circus.

Doodles had no memory of life before the circus.

It was over by the apples where I noticed her. She was reaching for a Braeburn, smelling it, and when she looked to her right, I saw her face. Pretty. Pale skin and dark eyes. So familiar.

Where

It was over by the apples where I noticed her. She was reaching for a Braeburn, smelling it, and when she looked to her right, I saw her face. Pretty. Pale skin and dark eyes. So familiar.

Where

That night, I spent hours scrolling reels on Instagram. I stopped to watch a monkey on skis.

That night, I spent hours scrolling reels on Instagram. I stopped to watch a monkey on skis.

A ground spinner in the shape of Saturn which promises its rings are sexier than all the emperor’s concubines combined, than all of your wishes fulfilled. Poppers and fountains. I think my boss’s daughter groomed me. Rich kid calling in the help to get on his knees and pleasure his betters.

A ground spinner in the shape of Saturn which promises its rings are sexier than all the emperor’s concubines combined, than all of your wishes fulfilled. Poppers and fountains. I think my boss’s daughter groomed me. Rich kid calling in the help to get on his knees and pleasure his betters.

I asked him to bring me some nachos from the mini mart he worked at. We had rebound sex on my futon.

I asked him to bring me some nachos from the mini mart he worked at. We had rebound sex on my futon.

The night of the party got off to a bad start when Shawna forgot she already took her anxiety meds and popped a second pill to calm down.

The night of the party got off to a bad start when Shawna forgot she already took her anxiety meds and popped a second pill to calm down.

A giant home, all cubes, angles, and no soul. Whose party? Whose house? There was a man who resembled Jesus on cocaine floating around in a scarlet bathrobe. His name was Maximus and he said he does IP acquisitions. Why’s everything in this town so damn vague?