Cali Loria
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Over punctuating, under delivering.
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Breasts, Thighs, and Other Things Women Worry Over
I come from a long line of anxious women. When gathered together, the anxiety festers as one woman's molehill carves itself into a cumulative mountain. My childhood was a time in society when mental health matters within the collective consciousness were neither discussed nor given credence. Women were simply high-strung, children were often the cause, and large gatherings were a recipe for disaster.
By Cali Loria3 years ago in Families
No Spit in My Teeth
The package arrives as inconspicuously as something dropping from the sky might. It is wrapped in plain brown paper, and no address or return information is provided. At first, you think it must be a mistake. Undoubtedly, modern technology can be fallible. Nothing has been ordered, not even so much as a pizza. Curiosity gets the best of you, as it always does, and you find yourself unwrapping it at the kitchen table, emptied of everything save overdue bill notices, these you have purposefully left unopened. The contents are startling. The box is large though it weighs very little. Encased inside careful styrofoam packaging is a single, loaded pistol. You know very little about weapons, but the note tells you everything you need to know. It is a singular, typed note that reads:
By Cali Loria3 years ago in Fiction
Whorl
, The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. If asked, the three people who felt drawn to trespass on private property toward the flickering light could not have succinctly defined what drew them down the wooded lane and into the house's midst. Of course, in the end, no human bodies were left to ask, and the house resumed its dark emptiness with the secrets swallowed into the floorboards like an untended wine stain.
By Cali Loria4 years ago in Fiction
Ear Candy: 808's and Stomachaches
Hip-hop music, with its clever wordplay and pulsating beats, scores the perfect Halloween playlist. Whether you're looking to dance, raid the candy bowl, or hang out with your boo, these tracks are sure to inspire something spooky in even the most reserved of Halloween participants. Here, I will walk you through why these tracks are certain to underscore the sweetest of sugar comas.
By Cali Loria4 years ago in Humans
