Understand that my Mom loved all animals, and was absolute death on animal cruelty of any kind. Read More

A switch clicked in my brain. I have no idea why. I looked at Gina and said “I need to do that.” Read More

"If I left her, if I followed my dark muse into the deep sea, there was a good chance that, one way or the other, Holly would die." Read More

Never to escape and never to want to. Read More

The twin fears of failure and conflict have been a crippling problem for us. Read More

A sulfurous smell of decay seeped into my mask. I looked around in vain. Read More

Made nervous by being alone in a deserted lab building on an actual dark and stormy night, Gina, a grad student working in her lab downstairs, came up to my lab seeking company in the now spooky and very dark building. Read More

Smell is the sense most connected to our inner brains, to our memories and emotions Read More