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Someone builds and optical portal that allows you to see a vision of your own life in the future (it’s essentially a crystal ball that shows a randomly selected image of what your life will be like in twenty years). You can only see into this portal for thirty seconds. When you finally peer into... read more

Palm against the Glass 🥀

They broke in and never told me. No footprints. No broken lock. No warning. One day, I simply stopped being alone. They settled into the hidden places of the house. Beneath my bed, inside the closets, behind the shower curtain. In the silence between the floorboards. Patient. Breathing softly... read more

Do Men Want Relationships?

When my brother was online dating, he had a tactic that I see often — he would put that he was looking for a “long-term relationship” even though he was really looking for hookups. I asked him why he did it and he said, “They’re just better and I don’t want the ones for the streets.” We had a... (edited) read more

Palm against the Glass

They broke in and never told me. No footprints. No broken lock. No warning. One day, I simply stopped being alone. They settled into the hidden places of the house. Beneath my bed, inside the closets, behind the shower curtain. In the silence between the floorboards. Patient. Breathing softly... read more

Waiting

The ceiling doesn't change. That's the first thing you notice, after a while - not the pain, not the quiet, but the specific, indifferent sameness of the ceiling above your bed. It has no opinion of you. It doesn't need anything. And some mornings, that feels like the most honest relationship in... read more