After we break up, I switch to illustration. I find new friends, wild ones, girls he always told me to avoid. Most nights, I follow them to bars that don’t check IDs.
Fiction
Another Time Could Be Different
Frank was right that another time, the crocodile might win. The shark in the video was almost beaten. Bleeding from its eye, clouds of pink erupted from its flesh.
The House Always Wins
As she pulls up to the house for the first time, Tess spots the white goat. It stands in the fenced-in side yard, chewing on tufts of weeds and watching as she steps out of the car.