"this is your kind of story. no one is the good guy-- no one is the bad guy-- the blame shifts from monster to monster and in this place everyone bares their teeth." [featured. highest ranking: #6 in poetry.]

"I hurt people," he cuts his eyes down at her, "it's what I'm good at. Sooner or later, you'll find yourself caught up in my wreckage." She stands her ground, glaring up at him, "Lucky for you, I'm stronger than I look."

in which a lifeguard and the girl next door have a summer neither one of them will soon forget

[Sequel to Paint You Wings] Sometimes the only way to set yourself free is by facing the one who held you down.