Why is it you feel like a dope if you laugh alone, but that's usually how you end up crying?

No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.

A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine.

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone.

Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken.

If you take my stuff apart, you'll find my choruses of repetitions are picked up almost verbatim from Kurt Vonnegut, and my distanced fracture quality is all from Amy Hempel, who's probably my favourite writer.