Strange Horizons

16 Jul 2018

The lies our wise queen weaves cinch her chest. / "I am a dutiful wife," she says. Breath hitches.

9 Jul 2018

When you awoke from surgery, / you’d forgotten your first name.

2 Jul 2018

You guys, I have a probe!

18 Jun 2018

I kicked the pony but night still came.

11 Jun 2018

Or maybe it's me who's changed shape, / my ribcage a crucible too hot to hold her.

4 Jun 2018

We protected them, these unbarked /whose sweat and salt quenched /our roots.

28 May 2018

But in truth, my mother always preferred /plumbing to poetry /ravening in the delight of one wheel turning another.

21 May 2018

Dendrites stretching through void

14 May 2018

It begins with a shudder, / a small tremblor. / Then a slippage of faith.

7 May 2018

Their first mistake was letting me choose the task. / These proud suitors