Creative Non Fiction

Tiny True Tales

Dirty Thoughts

On a morning walk in a town I hate because you’re gone, I happen upon the…

Tiny True Tales

Before the Floods

Tiny True Tales

Universal Considerations

Tiny True Tales

Grilled

At the backyard cookout, the beef patties look like little pink brains, flattened into…

Field Notes

It was the first time I ever saw a man shot. Charlie usually blended into the jungle like invisible, venomous snakes. For some reason…

Briefly Speaking

Mantis

The TV is on, the afternoon news quietly humming through empty air, but I cannot focus on…

Move

I didn’t appreciate my body until I couldn’t move without pain.

It’s Just Me and You

I feel a sharp kick in the ribs as my son rolls around in the throes of waking up. I glance at the window, see daylight…

Last Call

In my lifetime I’ve known two people who took their own life. Two good and honorable men who, at either their darkest or most liberating of…

I Am In An Abusive Relationship With 15 Boys

They call themselves my sons, my brothers, and my nephews.