Last Weekend I Went to Mermaid Camp

by Carolyn Turgeon

What I Actually Wore

by Heather Whaley

Your Personality, as Determined by Your Favorite 1980s Musical

Les Misérables

Even though you were riding in the relative privilege of the backseat of your mother’s minivan, the angst and injustice of Les Miz spoke to you through the headphones of your…

How to Not Sleep With Bartenders

by Wilma P.

Just When You Thought You Were Out, the Doll-Head Wine Glass Pulls You Back In

The Definition of a Friendship Bracelet

I was under the impression that a true friendship bracelet has to be handmade and given to a friend, or to someone who might hopefully become a friend (depending on the quality of the bracelet), although I’d happily accept any of the [more-expensive]…

Spider Beauty Parlor

Mom, Can I Borrow Your Uterus?

“Eva Ottosson, 56, has agreed to take part in a groundbreaking new medical procedure, which if successful could see her donate her uterus to her 25-year-old daughter Sara. Doctors hope if the transplant is successful Sara, who was born without reproductive organs, could…

A Long, Strange Trip to Disney World

“Next memory: riding on the mechanical boat through the It’s a Small World attraction, continually spraying Mimi, who looked as if she had been boiled in a tank, her cheeks were so red and her little forehead was glowing. The whole time I was spraying, she was…