By Jody Mace

Jody Mace is an essayist whose work has appeared in fullgrownpeople.com, The Washington Post , O (Oprah’s Magazine) and many other publications. She also writes about music and about her home of Charlotte, North Carolina, where she publishes the website CharlotteOnTheCheap.com .

  1. Considering a Possible Human Head

    By Jody Mace

    in The Butter

    Maybe this has happened to you. You take the sheets out of the dryer and there’s something wadded up inside a big sheet. The big sheet has twisted around it, creating a large, round pocket filled with whatever is wadded up. As you start to untwist the sheet you think, “What if this is a human head?” Then you stop untwisting the sheet because, although chances are it is not a human head, if it…

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