Author Archives: LynnAlexander

I only spoke in moans. My forehead was so sweaty and every part of me burned. My eyes couldn’t stop themselves from spinning back and forth into my head, so one minute it was all blank, the next I could … Read the rest of this entry →

“This isn’t love. It’s merely an infatuation.” You physically pushed my body away from yours. I tried explaining my desires and all of my dreams to you, but you gazed into my hollow eyes and laughed. “You’ll never be a … Read the rest of this entry →

She looks at the crimson liquid in the sink, both repulsed and fascinated. She should have quit the pills months ago, when she started vomiting blood. She knows it’s wrong, but she won’t stop. It makes her feel like Keats, … Read the rest of this entry →

The flaming object was thought to be a shooting star. The villagers were rapt by and in its glow. The shell, suddenly in their midst. Afterwards, what should have been done was not. There had not been time. There had … Read the rest of this entry →

I saw Suzy again making her way to Caesar Chavez Blvd. in her sweats and Raiders hoodie. She and Rob must’ve made up. That shiner, though, seems to have opinions of its own. Researchers say if you study something long … Read the rest of this entry →

The ceiling fan bends the artificial light. When I look at the fan I see the wooden paddles, but shifting my eyes I see a translucent whirl of brown, light flashing as demons dance across the ceiling. I watch the … Read the rest of this entry →