The men with the chainsaws scrambled in the trees. The boy sat across the street, his bike by his side. The earth shook with each dropped... more

Jed needed beer. It was late and we had driven by three closed liquor stores. I had a sore throat. I said we should just go... more

We figure the leaves will find a way back into the house, where they take more than their share of furniture. The smell of ruin... more

Mutiny is the last I remember.  being pitched over.  only to awaken here.   drowning in an Aeron chair.  typing my own ransom memo for... more

I am a fifty foot and two inch panda monster. It’s time for my sacrifice. If it’s not there, then it’s time to rampage through... more

A waterslide in the middle of the ocean’s a big project. I mean, it’s a pretty enormous project. It was the board of... more

1. The Netherlands 0 – Argentina 16
July 18, 1978 World Cup Final

The Dutch side were... more

We were in the middle of an epidemic of extrasensitive hearing. We walked around with our ears swollen and red, or... more

Since Cape of Good Hope

Terry was here with the AIDS people, but I was just visiting. I didn’t know I needed a break until the... more

In the old yard adjacent the high school sat a green-metal box that housed an emergency generator. At least we always said it... more

The beach is crowded and a handful of other vacationers see it: a flash of white just past the waves, then overturned quickly; a dark... more

I bought secondhand hunting attire that I only wore around the house. You corrected me when I called our apartment a house. We howled... more

Riding through the desert I came across a cowboy in the narrow shade of a saguaro. He was doing stomach crunches. I crossed my... more

The weirdest thing happened to me just now, which is weird in itself in that nothing weird ever happens to me. I, being on the... more

I was behind the mint green Toyota pickup on the way to work this morning, again. It didn’t matter if I was running late because... more

“The thing is,” he said, “now that I’ve stopped drinking, I don’t want to be a bore. At parties, you know.”

“You’re not... more

I met Billy Lombardo in the summer of 2007 on a sun drenched patch of grass under the Blue Ridge Mountains in... more

I did some fact-checking after the wedding. I bet you thought I never would, but I did. And you know what I found out? You were never... more

Pop loved two things, but I inherited his affection for one of those only. He read me bedtime stories during the off-season. The... more

I enjoy stealing. It's just as simple as that.
Jane's Addiction, "Been Caught Stealing"

Bear with me here: I don't know... more

She woke up as excited as she had twenty years ago on a St. Patrick's Day morning in her childhood home, despite the fact that... more

She is not a warthog in the zoo. She travels with a whip and rope through space and time. She is... more

My wife says I'm too old for rollercoasters. Maybe she's right. I'm twenty-five, I'm balding, and I have a weak beard. But I still... more

Outside on his porch was an indoor sofa. But he kept the lawn mowed. Early in the morning when the... more