It can be hard not to push ourselves into everything we see, sometimes. Heavens know, I have a hard time not at least visualizing myself as a part of the story, no matter what it might be. That’s one of the requirements of empathy, after all — to be able…

So, here’s a good old story for you. Used to be this guy in Greece named Pygmalion, famous sculptor, brilliant guy, absolutely fantastic artist in marble. …

So, catch me if you’ve heard this one. Actually, don’t even bother. It’s pretty much a given in these circumstances, if you’re in the same spheres as I am — or even adjacent, come to think. Everyone has heard this one. Someone decides that the best way to make a…

Some might consider the fact that all the chipmunks around my family’s cottage had red eyes to be strange. But that’s not so peculiar. The fact that they only went after the nuts with shells was slightly more so. The fact that they would chitter dark indulgences in the ears…

It hadn’t exactly been a difficult call to bring in the Extracurriculars. …