We stepped into a washroom and I looked longer at the ring on her finger. “It’s just for starters.” She opened the... more
My homework, which I assigned to myself, the way kids do sometimes, consisted of hobbling around my room in a witch hat, practicing spells on my shoes.
Her husband had grown the jalapeños in the backyard along with shy heirloom tomatoes and a few anemic cucumbers.... more
Son, some advice: you don’t know
what a hangover is, but when you learn,
a McDonalds #4 breakfast will help.
Never eat at... more
Leah Dieterich:’s Vanishing Twins A Marriage came onto my radar when I saw it described as a Barthes-like book of... more
I ate the steak violently because that was how I loved, and a love this intense must always be met with more.
I thought Roger Waters was full of shit, I mean
Route #1 via I-476 South
Time to destination: 25 years, with plenty of stops for gas, food, fear, and shame. 14 if you... more
1. Pull the Release
Before opening the trunk, consider the world outside of it. Think of the miles of hot... more
If I had to take a shit that meant I had to go downstairs. I didn’t have a specific aversion to leaving the attic— I just never felt... more
CALL ME BACK, the wall of the defaced bathroom stall said.
Tori hugged the tree and went home and immediately started petting her dog
Do 4.1% and 103,000 Mean Anything to You? Are you 18-45? You could join our hepatitis vaccine study. *Donations will be... more
I was eating sour widows at the wedding reception when I saw you across the room.
The slow stacking of weight or the flinging down of a toe while the torso is already ahead. There are always new body parts to hit on sides of doors. I like to put my legs into pants in front of an open window, then stick my head out to see who’s around.
The gas station sat on the corner like a tasteless cheeseburger.
Dr. Sandoval asked if I was planning on having children.
O Build-A-Bonfire, O
Blue Subaru
The word that comes to mind is delirium.
The story is usually backstabbing of some kind.
My sister has been reading a lot about her pores lately. At the moderately priced tourist town spa where we've met for the weekend, a commercial for the dual action microdermabrasion brush comes on the television above the hot wax station, and she swears their blackhead diagram is incomplete.
A man’s life reduced to 78 words. You counted.
In my favorite bookstore in a city where I no longer live, there’s a sign for sale that says: when in doubt, turn... more
In the spring of 1989 an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building crossed Earth’s orbit.
Then it came time to open said package of Twizzlers
