I’m delighted to present these twelve stories, a rich mix of genres, moods, and styles, exploring aspects of our inner lives.

She stands motionless on the dance floor, surrounded by ravers who paid to get into this warehouse—her home—for a party that’ll help cover next month’s rent.

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A new moth has emerged from their cocoon today, but before we can begin reabsorbing the shreds of their cocoon into ourselves, we are interrupted.

Mama yells at my older brothers to cease the ruckus drowning out the always-on television. They move their horseplay to our shared bedroom, and fling open the wooden shutters to a blast of hot air and an even louder din outside.