Note: The following is my 2025 Nine Dots entry. I was one of over 600 applicants, and although I did not win, I am grateful for the...

Your face looks the same as when last I saw you—your hair as white as ever. You smile at me as your dear friend introduces us. “Good to...

"Missed." I swing around holding the pink fly swatter out like a machete, looking around the small kitchen, trying to spot the last fly...