Fiction

San Francisco looked more like Beijing when I taxied home from the airport.

You consider both Zebs, flanking you like gargoyles. What was it each of them desired?

It hurts your teeth if you eat too much.

Pictures didn't lie; photographers did.

Amma says if you believe in something long enough, you can trick your mind.

Usually things gotta burn to be beautiful.

I’ve only heard her cry once, but it’s unmistakable. Oscar-worthy.

You look at me warily, like you’ve heard it all before.

It is 4:00 a.m. when I hear that the inevitable has occurred.

The real money was in the guilt wash.