My email account was disabled a few months ago. I ran out of storage and never bothered to make room for more, despite my wanting to. There are a lot of things I want to do that I never actually do.
A Shot in the Dark
Of Revelations
“You live in Russia, right?” asked the one who was Lucas, not out of curiosity, but politeness. He was reaching for the only thing he knew.
“Not anymore,” I said. I almost launched into a story about my days in an Eastern Orthodox monastery but remembered myself. I didn’t want to speak more than necessary. I wanted to save my words for Joey.
“Are you a communist?” Damien asked.
“No,” I replied.
Malediction
When the malediction really began, no human could really say. But for its most recent victim, it began one cold morning at the bank of a river.
Editor; Bad; Justice; Crucifix; Trap
So eating an apple is good, that’s why it was in my lunch. School is good, but eating an apple from the Tree of Knowledge was not.
A Pocketful of Change – Editor’s Pick
I am not asleep, but I pretend I am. Clenching my face, eyes tightly shut and breathing loudly, as a 4-year-old this is my best impression of being asleep. It isn’t a terrible performance, but it is unlikely that I am fooling him. I hear him shuffling in his pocket, the coins weighing it down heavily. The pockets are as deep as his generosity.
Heat Flow
Deep within barren rock, your truths lie buried, striated strands of dimming light