Tess McCaryLet us have the cats and the bearsMonths ago, I let myself get roped into feeding a colony of stray dumpster cats every weekend. Since the Childless Cat Lady cultural…Aug 11Aug 11
Tess McCaryLate Spring in SavannahLast week I vacationed alone in Savannah, GA. It rained for all 4 hours of my drive while I listened to the last of Crime and Punishment. A…May 20May 20
Tess McCaryHBO’s Succession: The Love, Reality, and Power TheoryI recently recommended HBO’s Succession to my boss. Not long after, I got this group text from her, and realized my great folly:Apr 19, 2023Apr 19, 2023
Tess McCaryMicrofiction: My People on the Day of Their MisfortuneJonathan peels back the blue tarp and it takes me several moments to process. The carcass has a long, giraffe-like neck with smooth, gray…Aug 9, 2022Aug 9, 2022
Tess McCaryMicrofiction: The Burning WordI tell my therapist I broke into my childhood home with a flashlight and crowbar. Boards on the windows were rotting. Ruined rugs and dirty…Aug 5, 2022Aug 5, 2022
Tess McCaryYou, the talented & mentally ill.Three things happened recently that seem to have crashed together like a highway pile-up but, probably more accurately, happened like…Aug 3, 2022Aug 3, 2022
Tess McCaryFlash Fiction: Soul & GrimeTime rends from space and his flesh comes untwisted from his bones. It’s no spark of life igniting from nothing, but a thread from a void…Jun 22, 20221Jun 22, 20221
Tess McCaryFlash Fiction: Syndrome of the SelfGreeve was sentenced to ten years. But he could, they said, make a sacrifice instead. Experimental scientists wanted grey matter from the…Apr 13, 2022Apr 13, 2022
Tess McCaryPixel Vapors of Nostalgia & PhantasmagoriaMy video game experiences began when I got a Super Nintendo for Christmas as a kid in the 90s. I sampled a lot of things, often steered by…Apr 7, 2022Apr 7, 2022
Tess McCaryNew Rose Hotel & the True Meaning of Cyberpunk DystopiaWhen the pandemic started, I was dating someone who was faking our entire relationship. I know this was just as the pandemic was striking…Apr 6, 2022Apr 6, 2022
