6 – The Changing Room
You hate gym class. You hate it with all your guts. It’s not just the torment of being the fat one, of running out of breath, of missing every basket or falling behind on the track. You would take all of it, again and again, instead of going into the changing room. The girls in there are all […]
5 – Reckoning
You met her in elementary school. You think about her constantly, want to be near her, hug her, hold her hand. This is how it is to love a friend. Isn’t it? The truth is, you are a homosexual, a faggot in love with another girl. The real you is trying to assert itself so desperately, but […]
4 – A Self Portrait
You look into the mirror and what do you see? You do not see a child, but a bloated, swollen belly. You see a round face, too round to be considered pretty. You see a big forehead and eyes that aren’t blue enough and lips that aren’t full enough. The dysmorphia starts young for you. None […]
3 – The Gift
It’s your sixth birthday party. Time to open presents, says mom. You rip the first one open; it is a sparkly book, littered with skinny misses with their pinkies up and their legs crossed, and their rosy mouths turned into a vacant grin. It claims to be about manners, but you can hear its sneering tone. Shut […]
2 – Gametes
We are all created from two separate parts: gametes colliding, trans-mutating from the codes of two to make one whole. That’s where the story starts. That’s where we begin to split. A genetic mish-mash of Mom and Dad, scrutinized for similarities in-utero and it only gets worse from there. That is a girl, said Dr. So-and-So […]
1 – Pulp Fiction
Children are not rigid, they are viscous, made of blood and water, retaining the shape of whichever container they are placed in. We are pulp fiction; soft, shapeless masses ready to be transformed into a story for consumption. whether we are the author or not is up for debate. See, the reader has their own ideas. Maybe you should be […]