You missed trash pickup last week. This week’s pickup has been called on account of poor air quality. You circle the Arby’s dumpster, finding it unguarded. The Arby’s is boarded […]
Antler Review: Last Great Reads of 2020
Before we burn this mother down: I want to tell you the last few things that I loved this year. These are the best reads of November and December, 2020. […]
Eligibility 2020
Friends, it has been a long and hellish year. I feel much older on this end of it than I did on the other. Despite the fight and the isolation […]
Thankful
I got my first period on Thanksgiving Day. I was really young. So young, in fact, that I didn’t consider that that might be what was wrong with me. I […]
Antler Review: October Spooks and Surprises
Right on time for this spookiest of seasons, I read this excellent article about Carmilla, which is the best vampire novel you’ve never read. The other one is The Gilda […]
Elegy for an Advertisement
I drove into San Francisco in June or July for the first time since the order to shelter in place had begun. I remember the bizarre emptiness of both the […]
Antler Review: September Sure Shots
The best stuff I read in September: I loved American Movie by K-Ming Chang for its quick, clear, queer fabulousness. If you just want to try on the […]
They’re Made Out of Meat
My freshman English teacher loved short stories. I read them before then; I hunted copies of F&SF on waiting room tables and at libraries. I read OMNI and I dreamed […]
Tiny Nightmares
Flash is the hardest thing to write. It’s much easier to tell a story in 50k words than it is in 50. A fully developed narrative in less than 1k […]
Rebecca
I paid homage to Daphne DuMaurier’s “Rebecca” the way that all writers show their love: I stole from it. The opening line of this book is as good as a […]