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I had just turned 21 a few months before my mother first got sick. She had seen some of the signs, and others had too, and she went to see a docto..

It's 5:30, and time for Shelly's second smoke break. She pushes open the kitchen's back door, stands by the dumpster, and lights her Chesterfield...

When do you begin to grow up?

My 21st birthday was, for the most part, uneventful. I woke up with a shot of vodka, drank beer throughout the day, went to a bar that night. ..

Do you remember? That time where we drove, barrelling down the country road. The dust so thick we could taste it.We sat in the sun, in that Me..

The snow was falling, and I was walking to class. Shoulders hunched, head down. My feet were cold, but I was almost there. Was I going to be late?..

It was a Tuesday night, not much later than 11, and TopHat was the driver. The week before it was Cardinal's turn, the week after would be Nov..

One minute I was naked in class, and the next I was falling off a cliff. And suddenly I was in a hotel room, and there she was. "I flew in from I..

I've never remembered a time in my life without F&SF, The Monthly Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Collections of short stories packag..

“…and do you know how much condoms cost when I was growing up?” my grandfather asked. I wasn’t much more than..