A newly refurbished article I wrote. It's from 2008, but I still really enjoyed tweeking it a bit for a new website I write for.. Enjoy! Excerpt from SUBSTANCE:

“It’s winter, and you’ve dictated your life based on the temperature I’d say for the final time. I would prefer if you just for once listened to me and stayed with us tonight and heal yourself. After all, you’re tired,” he said to the fragile alien. Fainting and falling down was looking like more of a possibility because he has seen this (and read about this) a number of times. He could not stand the alien’s bitterness and brooding any more than he was able to accept her fainting spells that came and went without any reliable explanation.

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