Choose Your Own: Subsection 1

Subsection 1 First, a teenage love that didn’t last your first trimester. The loss of him was hard, but common. No one was surprised when he got in his buddy’s Toyota Corolla and crossed state lines, not even you, and after he left, you erased him from the story you...

Choose Your Own: Section P

Section P Oh, my girl. So it has come to this. You and I both know what will come from such a decision. Your girls will grow up detesting you, you who would not protect them from your own foolish decisions, and because of this, they will become you, choosing for...

Choose Your Own: Section D

Section D You climb the stairs to the girls’ bedroom—here is the same squeaky step—but stop outside their closed door. Pressing your ear against the wood, you hear their girl-voices talking about girl-things. There is no room for you, a grown woman, in this coven of...

Choose Your Own: Section H

Section H You met your true love at your best friend’s holiday party. He was new in town, a teacher, a good good man. Look at him look at you, like you were the crown jewels and he was about to inherit the kingdom. My girl, I can feel your heart racing. Already you’re...

Choose Your Own: Section B

Section B You are in a puddle on the floor when the girls flood the room. They slow to a stop when they see you, like they’ve just entered a room full of honey, and you look at each of them in turn, seeing beyond the girls as they are to the men you loved to make...