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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 […]

The New Girl
poetry

The New Girl

The New Girl the new girl will be gorgeous or ugly as a dog or something else in between the … Continue reading The New Girl

Other People’s Music
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

Other People’s Music

Other People’s Music We stepped into the tavern. I was far from a regular but I’d been there before. The … Continue reading Other People’s Music

Darger’s Agent
fictional stories, literary fiction, stories

Darger’s Agent

The agent was deep into his pitch. It wasn’t going well. He desperately needed a close. “I can sell it … Continue reading Darger’s Agent

The Pied Piper of Hamelin v.20.00
stories

The Pied Piper of Hamelin v.20.00

The Pied Piper of Hamelin v.20.00 After the Pied Piper vanquished all the rats into the river and the town … Continue reading The Pied Piper of Hamelin v.20.00

Evil is What It Needs to Be
poetry

Evil is What It Needs to Be

Evil is What It Needs to Be the beauty of evil is its mass in the abstract and its ghostliness … Continue reading Evil is What It Needs to Be

Contrast
poetry

Contrast

Contrast some people see everything in high contrast some people see everything in low contrast most people prefer seeing themselves … Continue reading Contrast

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

Innocence
poetry

Innocence

Innocence imagining ourselves reborn into innocence absolved of all sin the silly whims of a bird dreaming of wingless featherless … Continue reading Innocence

Bars and Chains
poetry

Bars and Chains

Bars and Chains we are nothing more than the chains locks and bars that without condition imprison our hearts minds … Continue reading Bars and Chains

Holiday Blues
poetry

Holiday Blues

Holiday Blues tonight i drown my sins in beer and pretense just like you drown your sins today yesterday tomorrow … Continue reading Holiday Blues

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