“Mickey, eat something. Play a video game. Go on a date. Play a video game on a date. Doesn’t matter. Just do something, okay hun?” Elia hands Mickey the keys. “We’ll be back around 3. Food will be here around 5. Okay hun? Don’t get bored. Take care of the kids. Stay cool.” […]
Untouchable
Daya rubs her feet. With a steel sponge, she grinds off the grime. The heat loosens the black stuff and brings up smells of diesel, refuse, burnt wood. When she is done, she turns to her hands. Her father Jawarlahal shifts in the bed and moans. One of his […]
The Un-Facts of Life: Slipping on the Statistical Banana Peel
We eat an average of 100 bananas a year, per person. Over a typical lifespan, that means we eat 8,000 bananas. The average banana is about 8 inches long, so that’s basically a length of bananas that is almost exactly 1 mile long. Almost 1 mile exactly. And that is where this starts. With 1 […]
How to Lose Followers
You start blogging to have a voice, to be heard and to listen to others. It’s an outlet that doesn’t involve you having to go through agents, publishers, or other constructs of the industry. It’s easy. You get a blog, you start writing, people listen. You are not a number. You are a voice. You […]