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Story inspired by this 2Pac song. Lyric video below. Originally written in 2017 for an anthology I was booted out of because the publisher was offended by it. This is the short version the long version is lost to the bowels of the internets I think I’m dreaming. I inhale her smell, cocoa butter and
Read MoreAKA this motherfucker right here. Hello friend! Below find a reprint of a fave book from Gabino and you can listen to me review his latest while you read. WOW what service! Okay my babes. Buckle in cause I’m about to go in on the homie Gabino Iglesias. If you haven’t been with me for
Read Moreworking title: Hunter or Hunted This was written after this tweet by beloved Paula D Ashe. Sometimes I see friends say things and ask if I can have or borrow the phrase and if they consent I tuck it away and most of the time they tickled my brain into an idea to write. HERE
Read MoreTo Live. Before we get started. This piece is the continuation of this one. I was inspired very much by Will Ramos’ cover of Chokehold by Sleep Token. So if you didn’t catch it read story 1 first I also included the last paragraph from that part here, then if you want to check out
Read MoreWrite that Shit: Lesson 1. Hello and welcome to lesson one. In this lesson we’re going to learn to write fiction because we’renosy and have questions. The purpose of these exercises is to essentially learn a new method ofstimulating our creativity and making something. You may walk away with a completed ready for sales story.
Read MoreNobody really knows how or why a bevy of swans was settled behind a once grand victim of slow decay and failed gentrification called the Lakeside Arms Apartments. There was no lake but there was an ugly little pond that bred more mosquitoes and other annoyances than provided a nice view. Everyone still insisted on
Read MoreFabulist fiction, content notes snakes and animals, violence. Originally published in Animal: A literary Magazine. Pushcart nominated. There are rules in our neighborhood. No dealing in the open, no purse snatching, no rape, no gang work in the neighborhood. Other neighborhoods knew, it was rare that anyone who had a lick of sense came into
Read MoreCW: this story is about gender fuckery and fucking your way to gender euphoria one problematic literary costume at a time. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK THIS IS VERY EXPLICIT and here take some theme music. Piece originally in print circla 2014 I think Her tie flaps between her breasts as she starts to bounce;
Read MoreAlt title: “Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down.” ― Malcom X. Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam. -Klingon proverb I have always loved the bad guys. Darth Vader, Klingons, the biker gang who lived across the street from us when I was 3-5, I was a not friendly child who was
Read MoreInspired by beloved Chiwan Choi listening to the screaming inside me –Chiwan Choi – My maker told me once, that with my acceptance of his sacred gift I would unlock more mysteries than I was aware existed. When he carried me off from the field, I thought he was the most beautiful thing I’d ever
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