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The Interview

The Interview

The Interview “Michael didn’t tell you about the dress code?” Saint Peter asked. “No,” Joe said. The saint pulled out a pad and started writing. “What are you doing?” Joe asked. “This needs to go into Michael’s file. For his next evaluation.” Saint Peter finished. He put the pad away and went back to Joe. […]

The Degerates

The Degerates

The Degenerates Denny folded. He hadn’t won a single hand all night and now he was broke. “Another game?” Randal asked. “I’m done,” Denny said. “Broke.” He waited for somebody to front him a twenty, but nobody did. “Damn the luck,” Denny told the sharks. All night Denny had been blaming his bad luck on […]

Freedom

Freedom

Freedom the paradox of those clamoring the loudest for their freedom is they’re the ones who also desire it the least what they want and need from their freedom is a loving nurturing assuring authoritarian figure to think act and impose a particular set of comforting acceptable thoughts and actions up them what they need […]

Giant

Giant

Giant if you tell me you’re a GIANT and we both know you’re not if you say you’re a GIANT and you’re only 5’8″ if you repeat you’re a GIANT and you’re clearly obviously unmistakably not if you insist you’re a GIANT and we both understand it’s abjectly false then our truth about you being […]

So Beautiful

So Beautiful

So Beautiful as cruel and foolish boys we thought it was hilarious for a while to refer to the ugly girls as beautiful it was our secret thing between all us boys the hilarity in the disguised cruelty of one thing meaning its opposite we were too dumb to know it then but today i […]

Category: stories

The Pittsburgh Fan
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

The Pittsburgh Fan

The Pittsburgh Fan He’d driven them nearly 300 miles to watch his beloved, hometown team play. It was a disappointing, … Continue reading The Pittsburgh Fan

Mother’s Keeper
poetry, stories

Mother’s Keeper

Mother’s Keeper her mother leered across the street with envy as the children and grandchildren of her neighbor raucously came … Continue reading Mother’s Keeper

Putt-Putt World
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

Putt-Putt World

Putt-Putt World My uncle owned and operated a putt-putt golf course about a mile from my house. My uncle was … Continue reading Putt-Putt World

Everybody Deserves to Feel Sexy
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

Everybody Deserves to Feel Sexy

Everybody Deserves to Feel Sexy It was late in our shift. The work was winding down. Everybody had gone on … Continue reading Everybody Deserves to Feel Sexy

Marshmallow Experiment
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

Marshmallow Experiment

Marshmallow Experiment The twenty minutes expired. The experimenter stepped into the room. Little Lizzie was still there, sitting at the … Continue reading Marshmallow Experiment

The Transcendental Receiver
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

The Transcendental Receiver

The Transcendental Receiver I was entranced by the advertisement for a newfangled radio wave receiver. In it, some childishly drawn … Continue reading The Transcendental Receiver

Is It About Me?
stories

Is It About Me?

Is It About Me? “I write,” I confessed. “Is it about me?” she asked. “It’s about many things. Everything and … Continue reading Is It About Me?

Vitamins and Buddhism
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

Vitamins and Buddhism

I hadn’t seen him in a long time. And it still wasn’t long enough. He asked how I was. I … Continue reading Vitamins and Buddhism

Performance Artist
bullshit, mostly true stories, nonsense, stories

Performance Artist

Performance Artist He screamed at the coaches. He fumed at the referees. He screamed at the players, calling them cocksuckers … Continue reading Performance Artist

Knife Fight
stories

Knife Fight

Yet another account of another man killed in a knife fight. This one, ironically, a butcher, stabbed in the throat … Continue reading Knife Fight

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