I am all of three years old. The red-and-white-striped bathing suit clings to my tiny body, and I cling to my dad, my arms and legs...

In 2015, a woman at work asked if I was pregnant. To my face. In front of other colleagues. In front of svelte colleagues standing next...

I sit in Train Car C, harsh rain pelting down on the roof. My mother is asleep, her head resting on my shoulder. “She’s safe,” my mother...

There is a correct way to dress a window: you must measure first. You must choose the proper hardware. These fabrics are fixtures, and...

She might be the smartest person in her school. Or at least in this class. And she’s genuinely so attractive, in, like, a nonconventional...

Lately, all there is to do is think. About what could have been. About all the myriads of choices you made in your life, the one (but...

What did I do to make you not want me? Was it something I said? Something I did? Did my body change, or was it yours? Do you see me...

You want to scream as you feel his gold ring which matches yours pressing down which you notice as an afterthought and you don’t scream...

The slightly deflated football stuck out of the grassy soil as if the lower point had been glued into a carved-out gravesite. I don’t...

The Paratrooper tilted slightly as it reached the top of its loop, and Sarah clung to Caroline. Caroline laughed, tossing her thick,...

A weighted sadness Pulled me under How far I didn't know My problems were circling Like sharks contemplating a painful bloody kill...

“Okay, Sam-MEE, are you ready?” Jose asks, his curls bouncing despite the weight of the water droplets splashing off them. I nod. As I...