Gender, Not Race?
In a previous post I theorized that people with fairer skin have more severe reactions to bed bug bites than people with darker skin. I based this theory on the fact that M who has very fair skin has...
View ArticleBed Bug Sunday News Spread
Happy New Year, everyone! I did a lot of drinking, dancing and eating for New Year’s Eve and was too busy preparing for the festivities to read last Sunday’s New York Daily News, despite the fact that...
View ArticleA Condition Like No Other…
…that’s the best way I could describe living with bed bugs. In a previous post, I related my own struggle with diabetes and attempted to draw parallels between that and my ordeal with bed bugs. I said...
View ArticleOut of the Mouths of Children
I got this comment the other day from a frightened teeny bopper who just found bed bugs, presumably near her Hannah Montana pillowcase. I am 15 and ive found bed bugs. at first i saw little brown&...
View ArticleBed Bugs (Short Fiction)
I decided to get the ball rolling on the whole art through pain thing that I’m trying to do over here, so I’m sharing a short story I wrote inspired by my experience with bed bugs. Please offer any...
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