Kate Ryan

Is flagging potentially offensive material taking the PC movement too far?

It was a tradition of theirs. When siblings Sue and Johnny went home to their mother’s for Christmas, they watched the 11 o’clock local news.

The birds abandon their posts in the pepper trees, sending tiny, oblong leaves raining to the ground.

She couldn’t imagine the water she sat in, the water that enveloped her body, wanted to be here.

Surviving the Apocalypse didn’t mean they couldn’t enjoy a little romance.

Okay, so maybe she didn’t really understand feminism.

One of my biggest fears is having a random stranger ask me, "how it’s going?" They might as well ask if I’d like to step into their van and get murdered.

LAX, on the other hand, seemed like a perfect place to pick up the latest deadly virus.

Motherhood is easily the toughest, most sacred job on earth. Without moms, the human race simply wouldn’t be here. But personally, I’d rather dangle myself from dental floss over a volcano full of spiders than push another human being out of my body.

12:48 AM. Why would someone schedule an exorcism for the middle of a weeknight?