“Each somersault whipped out a perfect arc of shiny drops from his thick black hair. Then, as if it were his decision and not gravity’s, he opened the blade of his body toward the water and pierced its placid blue surface.”

—  Andrea Lewis (writer)

“The Empire Pool” Conclave: A Journal of Character, Issue 5, (Spring, 2013)
2010-

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