"It gives you satisfaction to be a woman tying men down. When you see your work cinched under the Adam’s apples of men on the street, you open a button on your blouse. You let the wind have at your throat. At least this, you think." My latest flash fiction, "Cut on the Bias," … [Read more...]
Love in the Time of Brad Pitt’s First Marriage
When I lived in Santiago in my twenties, my roommate and I kept seeing a guy in our neighborhood who looked just like Brad Pitt. OK, maybe just a little bit like Brad Pitt. It was more about his attitude than his eyes. He had a cool leather jacket and slick (kind of greasy) hair … [Read more...]
Mother Heart
Presenting: Mother Heart, a brand new work of art by the talented Robert James Russell. I have fallen in love with Robert's quirky, attention-grabbing drawings and water colors. I am especially drawn to his use of color and to how he combines humor with pathos, humanity with wild … [Read more...]
The Vibration Before the Sound
My story, The Vibration Before the Sound, was published this month in Little Fiction's flash issue alongside some brilliant pieces by Lori Sambol Brody, Kate Gehan, DeMisty Bellinger, Anna Vangala Jones, and many more. I hope you get a chance to read the whole issue. As usual, … [Read more...]
Monstrous, Chaotic Things
My latest micro-fiction is featured over at CHEAP POP today. "Monstrous, Chaotic Things" was inspired by my dear friend Paige, who died two years ago of ovarian cancer, leaving five small children behind with their dad. Although Paige did not give her family an ornithology guide, … [Read more...]