"The Shunning"

Grace knew that if she left, they'd come to find her. She thought every day about places she could hide, even if it was just for a mom...

Lichen before his clowning performance, Oakland, 2017

I never meant to tell you that the moon would rise And the sun would sink into a fiery headhaze Confounding the barrier of sky and earth. ...

  This is my childhood best friend Mara and her boyfriend Matt. She graduated college in engineering and is bartending at a casino in the m...