Writing

Essay |

“A Vision for the Coming Year”

“As the new year approaches, I give myself a tarot reading — 8 of wands — approaching news, arrows hitting their marks.”

Fiction |

“His Odette”

“Back in his apartment after seeing Swan Lake for the ninth time, after Dzerzhinsky was toppled, Pete undressed, brushed his teeth without turning on the bathroom light, and lay on his light blue sheets.”

Fiction |

“Click”

“You know why I hunt? To fill the freezer, feed my kids. I’m a family man. And you’re going to what, mace and tase me for no reason? Put me in the hospital for no reason?”

Essay |

“Breathing Underwater”

“Here’s everything I know about ecstatic gestures. Fear is fuel. Not-knowing is pure hope. A girl can want to lose her body.”

Poetry |

“Xero”

“We knew what happened to children born during wartime. We had seen the exhibits, had looked at the pictures without fully looking.”

Fiction |

“Countdown”

“I saw the fate of every person I passed on the street as clearly as the headlights of an oncoming car.”