Los Angeles is a city undivided in its division. The grime, the smog, the midsummer heat. Everyone is affected, the rich, the poor, the young. The old. LA is the last, great American tabloid. Those who love the city will claim that there’s nothing like it on a clear day, a crisp day, when the [...]

The distant mountains sat dark blue in the fog-streaked ether. Barwis sighed, clenching his teeth tight against each other. Exhale. Inhale. He counted in irregular patterns of serpentine disillusionment. He spat dark mottles of blood onto the dirt, shivering in the morning chill. He wrapped the twine around his upper arm and pulled until it [...]