"Last night I had fish for dinner and nightmares all night. I tossed and turned, dreaming of the devil’s fingers that reportedly had started growing in the forest nearby."

"When the first salvo of red dragons flew into our peninsula, we told one another we shouldn’t obsess..."

"The plants like to be sung to each morning. Paloma thinks, “It must remind them of the birds,” though there are no birds here and never were."

"The locals dubbed her Indigo after the full
sleeve of deep blue geometric shapes
spiraling down to her wrist."