ALTERNATIVE TITLE: "i don't care," reid says, caringly, as he cares deeply.

Six teens are devoted to a game with one rule: If a player gets tagged, they must change their life within the next fifteen minutes. The better the player, the bigger the change. One might give their car away, or punch the school bully. Another might change identities or sacrifice their virginity. Anything to keep evolving, to avoid fitting into a label or caring about the junk they own. But their quest for enlightenment has taken a rotten final turn - one of the players has murdered the game's creator, the teen prophet (cult leader?) David Bloom. Our narrator is being framed for the crime; can he clear his name and discover which of his lifelong friends is the murderer before he takes the fall? [sic] is a gritty teen murder mystery that delves into the psychology of enlightenment among the criminally dysfunctional.

pretentious poetry. FOREWARNING: this was written over three years. my style changes dramatically, as does everything else. quality of pieces varies.

The first story in my collection, Vacui Magia: Stories. You can buy Vacui Magia at all major ebook retailers, or direct via Gumroad - links are on my website: http://traversingz.com/book/vacui-magia/

Oh I know I love you/ so please/ throw down your hair

Daniel Husseini writes to Victoria Edgecombe. And then Sarah D'Souza replies.

I fell in love with a physicist, and then we lost ourselves. Maybe there are places we can all be happy. We just need to find those places. Or maybe they don't exist.

AN ABUNDANCE OF GAY AND SPACE METAPHORS.

An ode to my poetic incompetence. This collection consists of five poems and one short story, Aquarium Friday.

Here we go again, sticking our heads in the sand.