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Cheap

Cheap

Cheap My dentist likes to talk……..a lot. My dentist talks so goddamned much he gets way behind on his appointments. Instead of just fixing teeth, he leaps down rabbit holes of yapping about hot rods, his college days, Robbie Krieger playing at The Whiskey and all sorts of other shit that has nothing to do […]

Fair Exchange

Fair Exchange

Fair Exchange The handyman came when he said he’d come. He came and painted the main bedroom. Half way through the work, she offered him a cold soft drink. He accepted, thanking her. As he worked, she asked him about his other jobs. She asked him about his wife and children and where they lived […]

Steady Diet of Hope

Steady Diet of Hope

Steady Diet of Hope Offering the benefit of doubt, I try to reconcile your lack of common decency with some form of decency. Giving you the benefit of doubt, I play fast and loose with what common decency might be. Maybe there’s something about decency I don’t understand. I’m neither Jesus nor Aristotle, after all. […]

8 miles

8 miles

8 Miles I’d listened to his bullshit for over an hour. The dumbest, dullest, most boring bullshit that only an equally boring dullard might take any pleasure in. Listening to a branch creak in the wind, a root spread or a pipe drip would have been a better way to spend the hour. The same […]

Cursed

Cursed

Cursed The old man said he didn’t want to go to the thrift store anymore. When I took him out to eat, we’d always passed the Goodwill. Whenever we passed, he’d always said, “Sometime I’d like to go to that Goodwill. I like going around and looking at all the things.” I’d noted the Chinese […]

Category: stories

Slaughterhouse
stories

Slaughterhouse

Slaughterhouse The gore of the slaughterhouse drove him insane. The terror. The horror. The brutality. The blood. The entrails. The … Continue reading Slaughterhouse

The Mudhole
fables, stories

The Mudhole

To get to the other side, he had to pass through the mudhole. He could clearly tell things on the … Continue reading The Mudhole

Gaps
poetry, stories

Gaps

Gaps if we meet again i won’t be able to say how much i need you knowing how little you … Continue reading Gaps

Underdogs
fables, stories

Underdogs

Underdogs Every week Sal bets 25 bucks on the whole card of underdogs. On an average night, if there’s 5 … Continue reading Underdogs

The Peach Tree
fables, stories

The Peach Tree

The Peach Tree She felt there was nothing better than ripe, succulent peaches in the summertime. She talked for years … Continue reading The Peach Tree

A Good Pitcher
fables, stories

A Good Pitcher

A Good Pitcher He was a good pitcher. A good reliever. He had all the pitches. Good slider. Good fastball. … Continue reading A Good Pitcher

Proudest Mom
stories

Proudest Mom

Proudest Mom Chase went away for college. He left all his family, including his mother and dad and sister back … Continue reading Proudest Mom

Empty Plots
stories

Empty Plots

Empty Plots I inherited two burial plots from my mother. The plots are beside those where she and my father … Continue reading Empty Plots

The Weather
fables, stories

The Weather

The Weather I wake and turn on the weather to know how my day’s going to go. I watch the … Continue reading The Weather

Ants
dialogues, fictional stories, stories

Ants

Ants I got a friend. He’s homebound. Can’t drive. Can barely walk. He called me one day with a problem. … Continue reading Ants

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