Friendly Competition
Amy washes her hands and shakes them dry before returning her patients chart to its proper slot and heading back to the nurse's station. “You out of here Amy?” Jennifer asked. “Just got…
The Good Girls Guide to Bad Intentions
The restaurant hums with that perfect Friday night energy—not too loud, not too quiet, just expensive enough to make everyone speak in their indoor voices. I smooth my hands over my black dress for the…
The Medicine That Echoed in the Bells
Echo Park at twilight feels like a fever breaking in reverse. The air is thick, neon bleeding into the lotus pond until every ripple glows unnatural—pink, teal, a violet that doesn’t exist in daylight. Taco…
The price
A starving man smells meat from a mile away, just like a hyena does when its belly is grumbling or its mind is empty, and haven’t all our bellies and minds been that way when…
Dead end
This story contains themes or mentions of physical violence, gore, or abuse. "Wait." I pause and slowly, carefully turn back to him. "Stay a little more" His request is a plea addressed to me, in…