Birds Don't Have Teeth

He had kept the tooth pressed into my palm the whole time, and now it stuck there in a skin-pit of its own carving. The blood had all but dried. Watching it, I was momentarily convinced that the tooth was moving, shaking somehow by itself, but I came to realize it was, in fact, my own heartbeat...

Tilden Culver is an emerging writer from Richmond, Virginia. His writing explores themes of queerness, spirituality, and the innate flaws of humankind. He is currently at work on his debut novel---an intersection of historical fiction and body horror---as well as the torrent of short stories he always has on tap.