I wrote this story in 2011 for the 15th birthday of Project 86, the American rock/hardcore band. At the time, they had put out exactly 86 tracks, which I found auspicious given their name. I wrote a short story that used all 86 track names within the text, though I used additional punctuation to make them fit comprehe...
There's very little joy left in Matthew Weeks' life - not his job, not his relationships, not his endearingly annoying coworker, Blake. The only pleasure left is the jewelry he gets to put on in the morning. When people start to die around the Kansas City area, he's forced to reflect on the choices he's made, the regr...
Six-year-old Allie Sturmroz won't speak, and her recently broken suburban Colorado family has no idea what to do. When she comes upon flashcards from a West African language, she tries to use the new words to express herself. It isn't until she's introduced to a Ghanaian immigrant named Kwabena and her language skills...