Divorced and in Love + Ham&Cheese
Literary Orphans published two of my short shorts in their beautiful October issue. Preview My sister got divorced and I worried. For a while, she considered marrying her horse. >> continue reading >>
Gender
In my dream, my husband is a woman. Not a beautiful woman with whom, despite my being straight, I can imagine myself in bed. He is a male-looking woman, resembling his reality male-self too much to attract me as someone…
The Realist
How short can a story be? My shortest piece so far, “The Realist”, is up in Boston Literary! Thank you for reading.
The Sound and The Fury
Today, I began reading The Sound and the Fury. Most Americans have read this novel in high school or college, but I can safely say most Dutch have not. Our education on English literature was extremely English, meaning: it focused on writing from Great Britain…
Atmospheric Personalities
They’ve named a hurricane after me, my husband says and he sounds proud. It was only a tropical storm this morning, he adds, but I’m sure it’s a hurricane now. We Google his atmospheric namesake and learn that tropical storm…
Legs
According to certain people in my life, I don’t exploit my feminine charm as much as I should. I guess I’m just one of these women who prefer being appreciated for other qualities, etcetera. But I must admit that on…