Fiction

The Elevator Operator

He spent most of his days chartering office employees up and down in a corporate San Francisco building. The heart of the Financial District. Up and down.

On Sexual Liberation

The “Breaking the Binary” lifestyle and wellness magazine had been a functioning operation for about one year, though technically it had been editor Maura St. Clair’s brainchild for two. A graduate from UC Berkeley, Maura had the dedication and blind self-assuredness of what was essentially a liberal arts school on crack.

Kumquat Tree

I draw out the boundaries of her body like a crime scene on my hardwood living room floor. Some days, I sleep in these borderlines curled like roadkill.

Saint’s Relics, Stigmata

Painter’s Tape

She stepped to the mantle, tearing off a long strip. She wrote on it, “Reclining Young Woman in Spanish Costume.” Her handwriting was neat and boxy. She turned: “It’s a Manet. Makes things more homey, doesn’t it?”