From Last Call, releasing on 17 January 2019, © Kim Deister “Why are you doing this, Eden? She’s your daughter.” “She’s Nix’s daughter, not mine.” At my words, I felt the knife dig in a little deeper, felt the warmth of my blood as it seeped through the cut she’d made. I didn’t care. It didn’t […]

  From Last Night, © Kim Deister Night fell quickly, swallowing the last light of day in the blink of an eye. The sky darkened from a surreal deep purple into a vast expanse of ebony. Not a single star pricked through the inky darkness. Even the moon shied away from shining too brightly through the […]

  From Finding Zaide, releasing on 1 April 2019 in the Love is Love anthology, © Kim Deister A tattooed peacock poked its head out from under the back of her top, its tail spread across her shoulders. It was beautiful. Then she turned toward me and I realized she was beautiful. My mouth went dry as our […]

  From Last Call, releasing on 17 January 2019, © Kim Deister Coach turned his attention to the left and gestured to someone that none of us could see. When he walked into sight and stopped next to Coach, I felt my heart pitter-pat. Holy Jesus. I wasn’t a religious woman, but standing in front of me […]

  From Finding Zaide, releasing on 1 April 2019 in the Love is Love anthology, © Kim Deister My toe touched the garbage can under the desk and I started to reach for it, more willing to barf in that than all over my desk. But I knew that just holding it in my hand would be tacit […]