All poems and stories

  • Meetings, a short story

    Once the devil had a slow day. The fires of hell were burning well, chained souls shoveling coal and nuclear waste to maintain its fires. All the demons and politicians in training occupied and focused on tormenting the souls in their care. The devil looked at his domain and felt fine. He walked the rows…

  • Lovestruck, a short story

    Anne is in love.  Again. She loves how being in love amplifies everything.  She sleeps better, everything tastes better and the days are all beautiful.  Life seen and experienced through the lens of infatuation is simply beautiful. Her most recent crush will join her for lunch at her home today.  She is busy preparing the meal, currently assembling a…

  • Monsters, a short story

    Monsters are real.   They live among us.   You need a good eye to spot them, with experience you learn to recognize the telltale signs.  The way they carry themselves, how they avoid eye contact in public, hiding in plain sight behind their phones, covering up their bodies with expensive clothes, their faces just tight masks hiding…

  • God, a short story

    God decided to make the earth while bored.   Teenagers are full of energy and action most of the time, but these periods of chaos are often interrupted with stretches of boredom.  God is fifteen.  A teenager.  A girl named Bertha.  Boredom is harder for girls, especially when your name is Bertha.  What was her parents thinking to pick such a…

  • My body and me, a poem

    Sometimes I feel like an observer. Sitting comfortably behind my eyes, looking out into the world, marveling at what I see. Other times I’m speaking, and I hear myself, and I wonder if my audience is listening, and if so, what is going on in their heads. Moments like these I am very aware of…