Tag Archives: Autistic in the Bronx

Chapter 11: “Bronx Detention Center (or, What Alex Doesn’t Know)” (from BRONX NIGHTS 🌃🍎)

    I published Bronx Nights in June 2025. It’s now February 2026. I left a dozen chapters unwritten “for the future.” Right now, I’m celebrating my full recovery from my two worst Long COVID symptoms: Brain Fog & Chronic Insomnia.   I’m finally at a place where I can share one of the darkest, […]

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Chapter 9: “Nova” (from BRONX NIGHTS 🌃🍎)

      Alex is the least spiritual person I know. That’s not pejorative. Some people simply prefer only to exist in material space. I have no problem with that. I respected that part of her enough to love her.   That said, Alex kept a self-declared witch, Verse, in the bag as her self-proclaimed […]

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Chapter 7 1/2: “The Mermaid Clothed” (from BRONX NIGHTS 🌃🍎)

    You know, I’ve always wanted to publish this story. Let’s call it a bonus.   In my early 20s, I imagined I might someday be a literary voice. What became is this—but this was an early stab at it.   Away, it’s kind of juvenilia. But it’s where my romantic heart resided, at the […]

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Chapter 7: “Dumbo” (from BRONX NIGHTS 🌃🍎)

  a love letter   Once upon a time, there was a girl named Alex.   Alex wasn’t her real name. Out of courtesy, the author decided to call her something else.   Alex lived in a box in the Bronx. And all the people who lived in that box had to share the same […]

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Chapter 4: “Rooftop Courage” (from BRONX NIGHTS 🌃🍎)

      We both have demons that we can’t stand I love your demons like devils can If you’re still seeking an honest man Then stop deceiving, Lord, please (Sam Smith)     {If you need to talk, the 988 Lifeline is here.}     If I had a dollar for every time I […]

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