The Changeling

by Victor LaValle

‘Women only like jerks.’ That’s the mantra of dudes who have made themselves undateable but aren’t willing to take the blame. These motherfuckers are so backed up sexually, it creeps into their brains and rots out the skull.

When I was starting out, you got by on one income, and that was enough, but these days you’ve got to be poor or rich to survive on one income. You want to stay afloat in the middle, and you both are hitting that nine to five.”