Stories

Bridge Club

Published in Hypertext Review, 2023

“My mother pressed me into service to deposit coats on my parents’ bed upstairs. As their cackles and cigarette smolder swirled upwards, I threw myself repeatedly onto their coats, each bounce pushing me against the soft luxury of mink and sheared beaver.”

Saving the Turtles

Published in MacQueen’s Quinterly, Issue 20, September 2023. Nominated for “Best Short Fictions 2024” anthology.

“I stroked my loaner bracelets from Teal, who’d said they were Wonder Woman cuffs for strength and also immunity from projectiles. Teal used bracelets a lot at school.

“‘What kind of projectiles?’ I’d asked.

“‘Words, mostly,’ Teal had said.”