July 6th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA Maria “Where’d you want this?” Maria turned around. Lukas was holding a small ornamental vase. He seemed particularly focused on not dropping it. Maria smiled. “That you can take wherever. Here, just- just put it near the wall there. I’ll worry about it later.” Lukas did as he was… Read more

May 9th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Grim Trigger With a bottle of water and a sparsely-filled backpack Lukas walked along the southern shore of Goldberg Lake. He had the vision of the place in his mind, however faint, and kept cycling through it in his head. He knew there was a hill, a grassy one,… Read more

May 2nd, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Prom A makeshift station was formed around the large mirror in Kat’s bedroom. Rose helped put on Sadja’s makeup while Maria did the same for Kat’s hair. In the background Emily was organizing the dresses and accessories of the girls on the bed, with Bonny the pomeranian sleeping right… Read more

August 27th, 2015 Kinsky, California, USA Rodrigo It was only a few weeks since he had transferred, but Rodrigo already understood the social dynamics of his new high school. He had gotten used to moving from school to school, so this was a skill that he had built up as a form of survival. His… Read more

April 24th, 2017 Kinsky, California, USA Days of Heaven Outside the apartment complex in which the Ayoubs lived was a small walking path covered in grass and trees. It was suburban – nothing like the real hiking paths just outside of town – but it was close. Those past couple of days Sadja and Magyar… Read more

February 29th, 2016 Kinsky, California, USA The Ones You Love Most Lukas waited on the bench outside his house. At that point he had rehearsed many times what he wanted to say, but it never came out sounding right to him. He could feel his body begin to shiver as the hour that Kat was… Read more