July 2025

Do you want to be a woman? Nell’s earnest question rang in my head like a bell that couldn’t be unrung. After I grew used to the noise being there, my first reaction was anger. Why would she ask me that? Was I not doing a good enough job? It irked me. Aaron, Richard, Chase, […]

The next day I skipped class to go to the dance studio. Anjali was between teaching classes so she let me use the space while a few stragglers from the last class had some free time to practice. I put my headphones in, faced the window, and let my eyes unfocus. The music swelled and

I watched Nell assist in putting out the fires on the roof of the building by creating ladders out of the trees that grew on the side of the building. The Gamblers had created a line to ferry buckets of water along from a nearby rainwater basin. Trails of smoke curled up into the sky