My inexplicably controversial essay "Never Get Raped"

The appeal of the "bad boy" archetype, explained for the benefit of all the men who mistakenly believe they are doomed romantically as "nice guys."

A mushroom trip that relentlessly rearranged my mind

Bad Boys 2: No More Mr. Nice Guys!  In response to an email from a man upset that women don’t ask him out.

The words "survivor" and "victim" are opposite in connotation, so why is there such confusion?  Why is it pugilists, thieves, scam artists, and murderers have victims...yet rapists and child molesters only ever seem to leave behind "survivors?"

The first essay of several on how crime is treated differently based on the gender of the criminal--in this case sex crimes.

A piece I wrote at the time of Kobe Bryant's trial, but topical is not like me.  Timing aside, it's still a worthwhile definition to revisit.

My two essays on the Matrix movies...some might wonder if I in fact think about this stuff a little too much...

The first of the stories involving the group of characters I continued writing about for years after, Generation Ex.

The second story written in the same series, Solitaire

An episode from this series, in which another of the cast takes center stage, Wicked Game

Another of the series, Soliloquy

The fourth story, 31...which now that I am 27, I find disturbingly realistic.

One of my science fiction stories, The Third Phase of the Moon

This is also from the sci-fi side of my brain, and oddly similar thematically, now that I think of it...but Motherhood is a mite darker.

The Man in Apartment 2F...kind of X-Files meets NYPD Blue.

The Waitress is kind of an A.M. Homes-inspired piece.