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Dandelions

Dandelions

Dandelions Kurt sat cold at the end of his driveway, a bowl of sugary offerings for the children settled in his lap. He treasured Halloween, but the festivity was winding down. Night had completely fallen. Most of the children and parents had come and gone. Parents with children dressed as pirates and superheroes and princesses, […]

Escalade Dreams

Escalade Dreams

Escalade Dreams I’m intrigued by certain correlations. Sometimes I’m struck by bits of information and try to fit them together like pieces of a puzzle. The human puzzle, I guess you could (pretentiously) say. One of these bits is the obsession with the Cadillac Escalade. Heck, I probably shouldn’t care. There’s better things to think […]

The Gamble

The Gamble

The Gamble Fitzi went all in on four Queens/8 high. Jimmy beat him with a straight flush of hearts. He raked Fitzi’s chips into his pile. “You buying back in?” Jimmy asked. Jimmy had all the luck. It confounded Fitzi because Jimmy didn’t appear to be much of a man of God. He didn’t even […]

Lab-Grown Meat

Lab-Grown Meat

Lab-Grown Meat There’s an online petition to stop lab-grown meat from being served in schools. When I heard about it, I needed to know more. The petition lists reasons why serving lab-grown meat in schools is a bad idea. These reasons are kind of boring, so I scrolled down to where people have posted videos […]

Fingernails

Fingernails

Fingernails Sometimes, when I cross the line to Indiana, I stop at Howie’s truck stop diner for a pork tenderloin sandwich. See, I was born and raised in Indiana. Now I live just across the state line. But, because I’m a Hoosier by birth, when I go over to Indiana and pass by Howie’s, I […]

Essential Personnel
stories

Essential Personnel

Kaitlin had broken up with John a few weeks before the pandemic. Their breakup hadn’t been ugly. She just stopped … Continue reading Essential Personnel

Slave to Truth
stories

Slave to Truth

“The strength of a person’s spirit would then be measured by how much ‘truth’ he could tolerate, or more precisely, … Continue reading Slave to Truth

Essence of a Rainy Day
poetry

Essence of a Rainy Day

Essence of a Rainy Day i suppose it’s the role of the artist to tell us what a rainy day … Continue reading Essence of a Rainy Day

Sometimes Good, Sometimes Bad
poetry

Sometimes Good, Sometimes Bad

Sometimes Good, Sometimes Bad we romanticize everything from nature to art from life or death based on our particular fears … Continue reading Sometimes Good, Sometimes Bad

Sandbox
poetry

Sandbox

Sandbox the sandbox like a litter box that his mother’s and the neighborhood’s cats liked scratching and pissing and shitting … Continue reading Sandbox

Another Failed Experiment
stories

Another Failed Experiment

The girl at work is lactose intolerant, a condition I’ve always interpreted as milk products giving the afflicted the shits. … Continue reading Another Failed Experiment

Doomsday Tortillas
stories

Doomsday Tortillas

Steve asked Tasko if there was anything to drink. “Might be some beer in the fridge. Have at ’em,” Tasko … Continue reading Doomsday Tortillas

Heroes as Novelties
poetry

Heroes as Novelties

Heroes many writers maybe most have heroes or did some holding on some letting go to hemingway wolfe kreouak plath … Continue reading Heroes as Novelties

Jobber
stories

Jobber

Jackknife Morgan or just Knife, for short, went back to the jobber dressing room to check on the kid. He … Continue reading Jobber

Rock of Gibraltar
stories

Rock of Gibraltar

“It’s jaundice,” the doctor said. “Definitely jaundice.” “It’s not,” Conley said. Conley was glowing yellow like a golden block of … Continue reading Rock of Gibraltar

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