Tyler Fleser

Tyler Fleser (he/him) is a writer from Grand Rapids, MI obsessed with place, Star Wars, nostalgia, and a lot of other, much more embarrassing things. He’s been in writing school for too long and wonders if he should have started a band nine years ago instead. He lives in Philly with a roommate that is deathly and frustratingly allergic to dogs. He wishes he had a dog more than he wishes he had more money. Still, that same roommate has a snake, and that’s pretty cool too.

IN SPITE OF THE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE, MAYBE IT WAS LONELINESS THAT KILLED THE DINOSAURS by Tyler Fleser

The first day at Triassic Land, my Spinosaurus tail got torn off in the door of my dead grandad’s old Camry. I left home because I was sick of Mom babying me. I was single. Grown up. I was like a twenty-four-year-old boo-boo she wouldn’t let heal. I’d typed up a fake acceptance letter and showed it to her a month ago. Told her I was starting at Central Michigan University’s summer business program early and that a buddy I used to play video games with had a room. She gave me a hundred dollars, a kiss on the cheek,…

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