Mayura is the Sanskrit word for Peacock. Literal translation: Killer of Snakes.

A word about Contranyms. A word that contains its own opposite.

There’s a rainstorm, outside. I can hear the volley of drops as they pelt against the windowpane.

The thick shadows of my apartment. Our fourth date. I stare at the glowing numbers on the clock. 6:45. Beau will be here at seven.

“Criterion Channel and Chill?”

Dear Mr. Harpur,