Stories
Dancing to George Michael
Published in Quartz Literary, 2022
“A George Michael Dance-Wake required thorough tipsiness; Rita, not much of a drinker, clung to me with her thin arms to stay steady. It reminded me of slow-dance practice with Rita in middle school on her back porch, trying to figure out how close together we should stand and where the boy’s hands and ours should go.”
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.”