Queer
I sit in the corner of my room and listen to the bugs fly by. I wonder how long it’ll take to eat me after I die. To swallow me whole or piece by piece, A lifetime of anguish never to cease. Will they tell their family what they’ve devoured?…
Coward Chapter 2
Chapter 2: The Compound Jeffery and Mam followed Brigit in the truck for a while, gliding in the trees behind it. Brigit did not look at them as she watched the trees pass from the passenger seat. The two men with the equipment with food and strange snares Brigit was…
Coward Chapter 1
Chapter 1: Two Birds Brigit’s mother picked her up in her jaws and ran from death. Terror stained the air with the putrid smell of sweat. Crunches of branches underfoot grew louder and ever louder behind them. The hot sun pushed through the bramble of branches overhead, and birds…