Ryan Thorpe

Mrs. Cartwright fed her cats taco meat on Wednesdays. On Thursdays, the cats preferred a fish of some kind; salmon during the winter, lemon glazed flounder during the summer. She long ago discovered her two cats’ preferences and consistently...

Mariel had been told that she’d been born white as wedding-cake frosting, but she wasn’t white anymore.  She looked down at her hands and saw the yellow collected on her fingers like she had been playing with corn flour. It...