I, like everyone else, had to choose between dolls and baseballs, ballet and soccer, pink and blue. It didn’t take long for me to realize that it didn’t matter.   At school, the boys were...

I wince as the stairs creak underneath my heels. The rain outside is getting heavier as time passes by. What started as a harmless drizzle now looks like a hurricane. I try calling every single person...

It’s almost 12 at night when I finish my work and leave the office. I start walking towards the metro, hitching my purse higher on my shoulder. It’s too late to call an uber and my car is at the mechanic's.    The...

How did I end up here? I don’t know, but I spot a block of cheese. It’s not necessarily a block, but it’s more of a shaving. The room I’m in is an odd shade of pink, like the flesh of a fileted...

The doll was once loved. She was once played with by a little girl, Nova. Nova loved this doll; she would never let her leave her side. The doll was happy. she thought Nova was happy with her, too.   But...

Sometimes the world is cruel. It beats at your body until you collapse, and then drowns you in your own sorrow and guilt. You claw at the endless, vast expanse of saltwater, desperate to breathe...

Roses are Red.  Violets are Blue.    That’s absolutely ridiculous. Why are Violets blue? Violets should be violet. It’s literally in the name. It really doesn’t take a genius to figure...

I awoke. No, that's not right. I couldn’t have. I was confined to the endless circuits that were my excuse for a body; I couldn’t have. But somehow, I did. The world was dim, too dim to be...

The recent, yet unexpected, passing of Penny’s late grandmother continued to haunt her. Penny had lost her parents at a young age and was raised by her grandmother, a wise woman who made herself a source...

Monday: I get up, I blink a few times, I begin my work for the day. I write a psychology essay. I finished a world history study guide. I finished my geometry homework. I am writing an article. I read...

It’s 9 p.m. I am full of energy. My mom is trying to get me to sleep, but it’s impossible. This was the longest I have ever stayed up.    It’s 3 a.m. I am out of energy. Mom is asleep,...

We were taught not to love. We were taught that all pairings were made based on necessity. The council of love makes all pairings based on genetics and who works together. Once a year, there is a ceremony...