Fifteen minutes. That’s how fast the delivery driver got me my medicine. The house is quiet. I’m alone, sitting on my bed, switching between eating gummy bears and popping each pill out of the aluminum sheets. A couple years ago when I was in the U.S., I remember trying to pick up this prescription. I … Continue reading “Used To It”
Category: SHORT STORIES
Film School Friend
He was as southern boy as a southern boy gets, gay as all get out, but loved women so much he still slept with them. We met in film school. He wore daisy dukes with cowboy boots and colorful glasses, drove a convertible red Mustang, chewed gum, smoked cigarettes, and blasted Britney Spears. His accent … Continue reading Film School Friend
Right of Passage
I hadn't seen you yet since it happened. When I did, the pain and wisdom in your eyes was only something that comes from the deep grief of losing a parent. The eyes forever changed. And selfishly, I wondered if anything would ever be the same. If your eyes would return to their “normal” soft … Continue reading Right of Passage
The Hoarder
Her son was a metalhead. He was bald, with a long beard, and wore Sepultura and Dying Fetus shirts. We were "friends" by default through work and other random connections. Although we were the same age, he was technically my boss. So, when he'd asked me to go to lunch, I always agreed. I'd awkwardly … Continue reading The Hoarder
Conversations with Consuelo
We sat on the couch together, chatting like giddy girls. You sang me the catholic Spanish hymns you wanted us to play at your funeral while I admired your voice like always. I watched your beautiful old hands and fingers follow the words of the songs from your tattered book. When you finished, I asked … Continue reading Conversations with Consuelo
Hello You
I could have sworn we had made amends, well, maybe not amends but a type of loose truce. To stay out of each other's business, but there's something about these days. Time is moving faster and slower all at once. This old version of myself rearing her lonesome heart. Missing my family, the ones off … Continue reading Hello You
Karen Sighting
I'd just finished picking up a couple things from the grocery store for my friend's baby shower. I was adding the destination to my phone when I heard a violent bang on the passenger window. It was a woman, seemingly foaming at the mouth and throwing her cracky noodle arms all over the place. She … Continue reading Karen Sighting
Marriage Vol.2
We'd been arguing for over an hour and had finally hit a lull. I wrapped my hands around my neck to stop the words from spilling out. It didn't work. "You know, sometimes it feels like you enjoy sucking the fucking spirit out of me." The words felt like the truest I'd spoken in a … Continue reading Marriage Vol.2
COVID Sandwich
She scoffed at my gloves and mask as I walked through the door and when I was forced to check out of her line I prepared myself for her scolding. "You know this is all a hoax right? They're trying to turn this place into a fucking police state" I continued unloading my things off … Continue reading COVID Sandwich
CONVERSATIONS WITH ASSHOLES 