Author

Nicholas Diehl

Nicholas Diehl was born in Detroit, attended Michigan State University, and lives in Sacramento, where he teaches philosophy at Sacramento City College. He has published essays on narrative and satire in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. An extremely photogenic corgi lives in his house.

Five Spikes

She looked like soot and snow, kohl eyes and spiky black hair and pale, pale skin, as if she carried an umbrella, rain or shine. If she did, he wondered, would it be black or white? One or the other, given the rest of her clothes. She wore black jeans and small white tops, tight…