Why’d the chicken cross the road? I gaped at him. Because it got scared after it saw me kicking your ass!
Why? he cried. Why the hell are you doing this? Why do you even care? Is it guilt? Is this your way of getting back at me? Do you really hate me that much? Why the hell are you doing this, Gordo? Now,...
When Big Eddie left, I only worried about how it affected me. I didn't worry about the others. I was selfish. Self-centred. I took to the river and let myself float on its waters. I didn't care if I d...
We’re going after her, aren’t we? Eventually. He wasn’t talking about Elijah. Yeah. We are. You going to be okay with that? He didn’t hesitate. This is my home. This is my pack. I’ll do whatever it ta...
WE GOT to my work, and I let the Kid go with a list while I went to the office to check the schedule for the coming week. I was off tomorrow and didnt have to be in till the afternoon of the day after...
United States of America? More like United States of Extraordinary Injustice Against Certain Segments of the Population All Because Rednecks Are Scared of Butt Sex.
Two minutes and fourteen seconds later, he’d somehow gotten trapped in a black hole on a site called Tumblr that led to porn of a most enthusiastic variety, if the faces of the six people on the scree...
Time is a river, I’ve learned. Always moving forward. But for people like me, people who have loved and lost, the river is something we fight. We swim against the current, trying to get back to the wa...
This can be our share space. He waved his arms around like he was encompassing the entire area.Our share space, Gus repeated.Yes, Casey said seriously. You can share with me in our share space. It’s a...
Things have changed, oh yes. Make no mistake about that. But that’s the funny thing about grief and anger combined; even while buried in newfound happiness, it claws and it whispers. It begs. It howls...
They must have been listening, Art said, shrugging slightly. The sun is shining, and maybe they just needed some encouragment. The earth is like that, you know. It needs to hear that someone is waitin...
THAT NIGHT as I lay in bed waiting for sleep, I heard a howl from deep in the woods. It rose like a song until I was sure it was all I could ever want to sing. It went on and on and all I could think...
Sometimes I think I like you, Gus said. And then you talk or breathe or exist and I’m not so sure.
So I said, Hey, Joe, and hoped it was a start. He was startled. He opened and closed his mouth a few times. He made a growling noise deep in his chest, a low rumble that made my skin itch. It was plea...
Regardless of what your beliefs are, regardless of who you are and are not related to here, Surely you can agree that I am still your King. And as your King, I am ordering you to shut your mouth.That...
Really? Joe said, sounding furious. You want to know why, Ox? Because I just lost my father and I am broken because of it. Losing him hurts more than anything I’ve ever felt before. But losing you? Ox...
Promises were made.Not to me, I remind her.Not out loud, she counters. She moves to stand in front of me. I try to look away, but she doesn’t let me. Not here, she says, touching my lips. But here. Sh...
Please just let me have you. Please. Nothing else matters if I can’t have you.
Otter. Otter. Otter, I mutter. Yes, Bear? he says beautifully. Don’t lead cows to slaughter, I say. He arches an eyebrow. Come again? I take a deep breath. I… love you and I know I should’ve told ya s...
Otter did this! I didn’t do anything wrong. He tricked me! He tricked me and left! Just like I knew he would! I think I hear him call my name, but my ears are pounding too hard to be sure. It sounds l...