“Tayler,” my dad looked me in the eye, “You’re not people. You’re staff.” All I wanted was to take a shortcut through the house to finish...

1. As a child, midnight was a far-off place whose only inhabitants were dreams afraid of daylight. My parents made me go to bed around...

Supernatural Intervention I signed up to usher at the early-morning jazz concerts during Idaho All-State weekend. It was easy, I just...