Free-Range Chickens
Terrifying childhood experiences—Got your nose!
—Please just kill me. Better to die than to live the rest of my life as a monster.
—What’s that in your ear? Hey—it’s a quarter!
—Why is everybody laughing? I have a horrifying brain disease.
—Peek-a-boo!
—Jesus Christ. You came out of nowhere.
When I lost my first toothme: You’re never going to believe this. I was hanging out with my friends and all of a sudden, a tooth fell out of my mouth. I think there’s something seriously wrong with me.
mom: Looks like the tooth fairy’s coming to town!
me: Who?
mom: The tooth fairy. She visits children in the middle of the night and takes their teeth.
me: Is she . . . a cannibal?
mom: No, she’s a fairy.
me: What else does she take? Does she take eyes?
mom: No, just teeth. And when she’s done, she leaves a surprise under your pillow.
me: Oh my God.
mom: I wonder what it’ll be this time?
me: Okay . . . let’s not panic here. There’s got to be a way to trap he ...
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