Miya Marcano "Homicide By Undetermined Means"
Incident Finally Ruled "Homicide By Undetermined Means" After the prime suspect, 27-year-old maintenance worker Armando Manual Caballero, was found dead from apparent suicide days before her body was discovered, the autopsy results for Miya Marcano have finally returned:
Read full storyRecipe: Decadent Cookies
The Foolproof Classic Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe From The Wasteland Of My Childhood. ⬇ No teasing — here’s the cross-section at the top of the recipe. I have very few passions but baking is one of them. This is one of my favorite original recipes.
Read full storyRecipe: Fluffy Cinnamon Rolls w/ Blueberry Icing
A cinnamon roll recipe that’s easy to follow and produces a pastry with a complex flavor profile. The Cinnamon Rolls (Freshly Iced — Still Warm) Don’t be like me. Wait for them to cool down before icing.A.T. Steel | Dec, 2021.
Read full storyA Question For Women of Trans Experience
Can Cisgender Men Write Convincing Transgender Female Characters?. I’ve gotten some resistance from transgender women and trans-allies on this. I will discuss them here — give my opinions, review some of the responses that I’ve received, and open a dialogue.
Read full storyWriting For Popularity In Grade School
How I became one of the ‘cool kids’ through my passion. Sharpened PencilPhoto from Pixabay | No Attribution Required. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember. Once I learned how to read, I volunteered to pool allowances with my brother so that we could spend them on Goosebumps books that we would take turns reading. He always got to read first, and I would pester him to tell me what the story was about. I didn’t mind knowing what to expect — I actually preferred it as a child. Those creepy tales of goblins, haunted masks, mutants, vampires, and teenage angst were my introduction to the literary world. Even though I can never look back at them with any clarity without the magic of their memory fading into simplistic prose and absurdity of plot, I would still keep my collection safe for my child to enjoy when they are old enough to string words together on paper.
Read full storyCoping With Racism In Childhood
How I was able to cope with racism from peers and adults as a child. Older Brother, Me, Mom, Baby Sister, Younger Sister, Older Sister, Dad at Aunt Eileen and Uncle Alan’s house in Staten IslandSteel Family circa 1994.
Read full storyAn Unpublishable LGBTQ/Transgender Manuscript
I’ve written an urban LGBTQ, period-specific, literary fiction romance novel that follows ethnic characters, includes 236 hard curse words, underground Ballroom House Culture-specific terminologies likebanjeecuntandtrade, and does not shy away from depictions of sex and violence.
Read full storyDissociation: An Essay
Dissociation Feels The Way That I Imagine It Must Feel To Be Dead. That’s a conclusion that I drew one sunny afternoon while walking home and realizing that I could not account for the last thirty minutes of my life. My body had still been operating in all of the meaningful ways but my thoughts were detached. I saw myself as an outside observer but some combination of extant thinking or surrounding action brought me back down. Suddenly, I was this person again but my hands were strangely foreign with sensations that I did not recognize, my breathing felt deliberate and dangerous — like it could stop if I thought too hard, and my head felt like it would explode — entirely too small to contain me. I panicked, spun around a few times, noticed people watching from their porches, and then hurried home on legs that were barely mine anymore.
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