Cali Loria
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Over punctuating, under delivering.
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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 Loria2 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 Loria2 years ago in Fiction
My Father's Daughter
My father is a natural storyteller. When I was a little girl, he would tell one about his first NHL mentor posing the question, "Jim, do you want to be someone or somebody?" I spent my youth pouring over the syntax of that sentence trying to figure out which one to be.
By Cali Loria2 years ago in Confessions
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 Loria3 years ago in Humans
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