SNEAK PEAK TO LOVE AS A PORTAL: A NOVEL

Since moving back to Texas, I’ve reached out to my old friends one by one. I’ve heard a thousand different versions of the same speech. Wait, you’re a guy now? You know you can’t just change genders, right? Jessica got on her knees... I got nervous, but then she started praying. 

Most of them have families now. Too many renditions of the same little blonde kid who ‘wouldn’t understand’ whether I’m a girl or boy. Most people won’t let me around their families and that’s left me with a point to prove. Baby fever burns like skin lit on fire. I’d flaunt a fat belly and swollen ankles all throughout this bullshit cowboy town. 

“We should have a baby,” I smile into Ariana’s ear, taking in her floral, vanilla-like scent. Too soon in our relationship, probably, but I don’t care. 

Writing

Wild how “hood” books are banned, but true crime isn’t. In this cinder-block dumpster, somewhere in middle-of-nowhere Texas, some guy in a nice...

“Wear a skirt tomorrow for me.” He puts out his homemade cigarette without taking another puff, and I’m grateful he didn’t offer any to me. His...

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