by Destiny Weiss | Nov 1, 2024 | 2024 October, Poetry
You lead your squad of zombies from the graveyard to the village and seat them in the café where they hog every table. The stink curdles living souls and renders the police impotent. You want these creatures for yard work, cleaning up winter storm debris and helping...
by Destiny Weiss | Nov 1, 2024 | 2024 October, Flash Fiction
It was rare that I went to stay with you. So rare that you did not have anything in your apartment that said, “I am a parent.” No pictures of me on your wall. No clothes for me to change into. Not even a stuffed animal for me at night, though I was way past the point...
by Destiny Weiss | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024 September, Flash Fiction
Oscar and Jaime were in agreement: while Jaime was at Sunday mass, Oscar would look after his dog. Directly before mass was an appointment with the vet, and directly after he would be on his way to catch a flight to Los Angeles to visit his son in El Monte—a decision...
by Destiny Weiss | Oct 2, 2024 | 2024 September, Poetry
For a while, to put socks on my hands was to grow paws, sprout furry ears. I strained upward at the age of four, imagined a launch, pushed my mind into the sky, and wings opened out from my shoulders. For a full year I made myself into a dog, ruddy with pure love on...
by Destiny Weiss | Aug 31, 2024 | 2024 August, Poetry
I keep finding myself in situations where I’m telling myself: RUN. But I can’t always figure out how to get on my feet without putting myself in the headlights first. And I know, better than any of my predators, that I need that...
