No Chip, Any Color (Nic Rueth)

Can you paint my nails, the way you did for your daughter, though I am not your daughter but I can be anything.

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Nic Rueth is a writer and editor. They are a curriculum editor at the Great Books Foundation and the reviews editor-at-large at Another Chicago Magazine. They mainly write about books and gay stuff. You can find them on Twitter @nic_rueth or at nicrueth.com.

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image: “Envy Pleading”: Edward Michael Supranowicz is the grandson of Irish and Russian/Ukrainian immigrants. He grew up on a small farm in Appalachia.  He has a grad background in painting and printmaking. Some of his artwork has recently or will soon appear in Fish Food, Streetlight, Another Chicago Magazine, The Door Is a Jar, The Phoenix, and other journals. Edward is also a published poet.