FictionIf I Should Die
The musty shed with the slanted roof collects rot like the Blair Witch collects teeth. Inside it there are two freezers, one that buzzes,…
FictionI Got Bats
Every so often – such a vague beginning I know but stick with me – every so often Marty calls me on the telephone,…
FictionJack Struggles with an Equation
Jack was tired of endless approximations; he couldn’t quite pin down the things that seemed important —god, explanations, love, even life itself. Nothing was…
FictionSnowfire
All day we laboured under the threat of rain: faced hedges with a slasher, cut weeds with a scythe, mended gaps in fences, shovelled…
FictionA face of regal splendor
In the sleeper class from Pune to Aurangabad I sat across from a man. Next to him, on his bag, a book with ducks…
FictionTwo Requests
August 31, 2023 To: Ms. Theresa Cotter Eldercare at Mayfield Village, Inc. 290 North Commons Blvd Mayfield Village OH 44143 Dear Ms. Cotter: I…
FictionMy Father’s Minutes
I feel like reading somebody else’s book today maybe even on their couch or if they have a boat my presence on the water I…
FictionWhy I Believe Everything
Uncle John was a bullshitter through and through. People always came up to me and said, astonished, things like I didn’t know your uncle was…
FictionClose to Christmas, after all
I sat up and read the alarm clock dial from the bed. 10 a.m. It was too late. I should have been at work…
FictionFuck Yeah Dude
There are words that do the poetry, they are endless, you can get the lawn the way it was light and dark, always moving,…
FictionHeavens to Murgatroyd — A Love Story
Every once in a while I feel a love story coming on it’s like nourishment. I don’t even remember who shot JR about that…
FictionThe inland behind the mountain
Stanley Tucci is all in white and wears turquoise rings. If flirtation is a dance we dance the softest dance of breezes. He has…
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