I tell ya, you never know what a new day’s gonna bring ya, not even if yer life’s the same day in and day out. The world just finds a way to throw new stuff at ya. My favorite day like that happened not too long ago. I’m not too…

A quiet evening in, listening to the rain and far-off thunder as I sat on my couch, eyes closed to bar any distraction as I practiced my telepathy. The diviners had told me my powers lay elsewhere; something to do with mathematics utterly outside of any of my interests. But…

I’d barely come home from work before my bear was trying to foist the new diapers on me. “Strip. Pad. Now.” I ignored the orders, put down my briefcase and gave him a kiss. “I love you too,” I said. “Shall we head to the bedroom then?” “Only if you…

Sometimes you want to go out and eat someone. Other times it just happens. I was only trying to get some studying done. The dormmates were having another of their rowdy parties, so I decided to duck out and hit the library instead. I’d never spent much time there myself…

“You there, with the anus!” I froze in place. How did they know? I was fully dressed! It should have been hidden! I tried not to turn around, tried not to react. Maybe they meant someone else. Anuses are like opinions after all — everyone has one. Just not one…

“You look like you’re ready to be broken in, fucker,” said the message from a guy who had definitely not earned the privilege. I’d spent most of the pandemic offline from the hookup apps for the obvious reason and I was starting to think I should’ve stayed off. My inbox…

03:15 > Hey remember that time we went to the movies? The lion’s message was waiting for me when my alarm went off that morning, and I looked at my phone in confusion. We hadn’t met IRL yet — though we’d been growing more intimate online, he lived far enough…

The next day, you’re walking around campus with a satchel slung over your back. You can’t wait to get started. The satchel is full of copies of your menu — the list of all the ways anyone who wants to interact with you can change you. All they have to…

I sat by my otter on the sparsely-populated bleachers, waiting for the game to start. Mattock’s softball league was just starting the season and even though I was far too sedentary to join him — and Darkwater wouldn’t be able to make most of the practices — we still thought…