I really love college now the issue is with so much of campus being forested area, many of the students are prone to walk into fae traps. It’s much less likely to see them in the open. My partner and I were walking along the lake one day, a day too cold to really be walking but I insisted on driving him back to his apartment and we had to walk to get to the car either way. The light layer of snow ...

I still remember that night. The ground was covered in the thickest layer of snow I’d ever seen and I dragged her out there to sing that song for me again. I wanted to be futher from the street light so I could see the stars better but she insisted because the road was too dark....

This isn’t a story this is truly a rant because sometimes us humans need that. I hate driving with truck traffic on the expressway I really do. I drove to the doctor on a Tuesday on a damned Tuesday and BOTH WAYS I hit truck traffic where they go over 75 when the limit is 55. So they honk or go around you when you’re going 65 and it’s ridiculous. Today, someone flew past the car at around 65-70 in...

As the blood dripped from my fingertips I glanced over at him. He looked at me with eyes filled to the brim with determination. It wasn’t the humans we were to fear but the humans to fear us. Every step towards me was a step closer to the possibility of death. Somehow he knew I wouldn’t move and there didn’t need to be anything said. I stood up and took half a step back but his eyes never left....

I’ve always loved the idea of lake effects

I knew what I was signing up for when I went upstate

I guess I didn’t realize

It got quite so bad up there

Maybe worse than down here in the ole’ island.

A tropical storm

Or a hurricane in the summer

That makes sense.

It gets confusing when it gets so cold

Your fingers might freeze

And hail the size of gumballs

(Not the biggest hail I’ve heard of but sti...

It’s so easy to think you’re talking to someone. It’s much more difficult to ask if

You’re talking in *that* way.

Far easier said than done.

That doesn’t make it not fun....

Huge feet stomping, those are the legends we were told that made our lake. Things that shook the earth with each step and seemed to destroy everything in their path. If you happen to see one, it likely won’t be mutual. Chances are, they’re too unaware to see you especially so close to the ground. Most big’uns are said to be completely oblivious....

“I want to be beautiful.” She says this far too often. She tells me she can’t be beautiful if she doesn’t believe she is.

“I could tell you you are, but you wouldn’t believe me”

“Of course I wouldn’t” Her smile faltered.

“I hope you know that you’re not wearing clothes for this painting.”

“I- I know I’m just taking a moment for myself before taking everything-“

“It’s okay. If you’re not ready for ...

Light streams in even late at night.

The moonlight isn’t a comfort on it’s own

But surrounded by the stars bright,

It seems to bring that ease even all alone.

Shine of moon is beautiful but supported

It doesn’t shine by itself

Rather it projects the beauty

Of another....

Living in a small town doesn’t make it easy to hide things. Thankfully, most people in this town are equally odd. I walked up to the register with a new gallon of liquid bleach and as cashiers do, Kathy made conversation in her thick Jersey accent.

“I swear you never see people buy a gallon around here you know? It’s always two or three ‘cause we’ve always got visitors. If you’re gonna save any p...