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“Ten blade.” I could hear the whoosh-shah of the ventilator forcing air into my lungs. The smell of latex and antiseptic pierced through...

My head wakes up early. It has to, we both know what’s coming. SHE, she says we need to learn to use the screamer. I used to unplug it at...

There are 48 hours in a day. Sam opens her blue eyes. Panic greets her, heart starts hammering. She showers in steaming water. My body...

Methodically Menial A dash of this, pinch of salty society says Simon must measure even the slightest teaspoon. Goals Look and see the...

I d r o p my glasses behind the dresser. lOOk! see there? That might be them. if I can just reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeach… dang....

I try to hold all of them, those pushy, beastly lumps. “It’s just part of the job, comes with the territory,” learned that early on. At...

The orange bottle with a white wrapper sits on the night table amid a collection of safety pins, half-empty water bottles and wrinkled...

I met a girl oh, she’s beautiful-everyone loves her. The ladies are green with envy and the gentlemen offer their arms- only an arm, and...

Only one simoleon! So say the neon signs 10 for 10, wait- what happened to the penny candy? The New Your Times headlines, “Inflation” no,...