Kate Ryan

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

Sheila applied widely and on a whim. She needed a job and she needed one fast.

At Monster High, Jimmy Werewolf gets another demerit for forgetting to shave again.

Eva, having stayed up the whole night preoccupied with death and time, planned to call in sick.

The bread had to be store-bought and white, of course, so as not to raise a red flag among my classmates. I still see rebellion in a ham sandwich.

Everyone wants to have the funny tweets because people equate them with wealth, power, and beauty. The problem is, we’re not all funny.

One crawled up the side of the bag and opened her wings, a hardtop convertible with legs.

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.

I would send some chocolates, but I’m not allowed anymore since they found the shiv in the birthday cake I sent you.

Writing simply does for me what long walks do for small dogs; it makes me tired and happy.