Before I left for the army, there were five of us camping in my father’s one-room cabin in Vermont. I watched a blond girl named Ingrid... more

Michiko takes a class to learn the guitar. The class is taught by a... more

My aunt willed me a cuckoo clock. It’s the clock I ran to watch every hour after school, waiting for the bird to pop out,... more

Monster

The Loch Ness Monster Had A Baby! the front cover of the supermarket rag says... more

Editor’s Note:

The following interview was sent to Hobart unsolicited and un-pitched. It was... more

The Elders rented a two-bedroom unit in Building 16. The office staff knew Harv and Jean from their numerous complaints. Marvin... more

Patterson Thorndike is Dead

Patterson Thorndike was dead.  What was Dresden supposed to do with that... more

Fitzhugh was there for the convention. Marcy held out a brochure which he took, then on his third lap around the hall, he... more

In the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day, Stacy conveyed a secret to Maureen as the two dined together in the food court... more

In a city with little meaningful work, he pays for non-services, pays to be shown things he’s already looking at, for instance, or... more

“Whoever invented almond bark is a genius.” The microwave beeps and my sister grabs two oven mitts off the counter. She stabs the... more

At the hospital where my father is dying I meet an orange man. His skin is the exact color of a Clementine. He breathes from a tank... more

To begin with, you must drink. Drink and drink and drink until your thirst is satisfied but of course your thirst is never... more

February the First, 2010

Hello my friends. As many of you have heard on the news, I have decided to pay the Russian... more

You pop your cherry on top of a cliff at sunset, with a rainbow shooting from the roof and a cream soda tingling in its can on the... more

The first time I got in trouble for telling the truth it was a Monday when I was seven and my teacher asked us... more

Bridget stands close to the speakers, too close, feels the bass of them pound through her chest, a drumbeat, a makeshift... more

He was on the TV again. That pudgy-faced man strutting up and down the stage. Preaching about the downfall of the species.... more

The Obituary of Alexey P.

Alexey P. is startled to find his obituary in the... more

Once upon a time, there was a journal called Monkeybicycle. There is, of course, still a journal... more

The sky burned down last week. The ground is still covered in the charred remains of clouds and bird feathers,... more

My sister found a baby goat in the bathroom at McDonald’s last night.  It was right after closing and it was just Melissa and the... more

We'd survived the rope bridge, the dangling, the torn muscles in Miriam's shoulders. We'd survived and dusted off our... more

This girl asks me to hold her baby while she goes to the bathroom. We met just this second at the library.... more

In Russia there are so many Russians! It’s like one of those neighborhoods where a bunch of Russians live, but way... more

One of the things that initially got me excited about The Orange Eats Creeps, before I had any notion of... more