Early Morning

Debra Jims dreams of Kool-Aid. The juice leaves a red mustache above her lip. Men around her have mustaches too, real... more

"...as soon as a member of the family has breathed his or her last a younger member of the household... is told to visit the hives,... more

The Piano Thief

It'll take him all of a month, longer if he's in love. But always at least those thirty days.... more

Jedediah Berry's first novel The Manual of Detection came out in February from the Penguin Press to uniformly... more

Georgia Ambler used to jog on Thursdays while Jake and I shot baskets in the drive. "You're outta shape, old man," Jake... more

When Larry hit the cow on the two-lane highway in Virginia, the face of the cow, its open mouth hurtling past the driver's-side window,... more

When they told us that the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota, had been destroyed by a crude but powerful bomb — TERRORIST,... more

There was a sparkle in my smile so I went to my friend Derrick's to get it looked at. I didn't want cancer.

Derrick asked questions... more

Do you really spend 80% of your free time knitting?

Yes. I've knit during a blackout and a brownout, on the back seat... more

Fourteen years old, Thisbe Casper has begun riding her bicycle around Hyde Park looking for God. Before each school day... more

NOTES ON GRIM TALES

 

I see the dates on the work go from 1996-2004. Were these written one by one and... more

Joe Meno is the author of six books, most recently the story collection Demons in the Spring and The Boy Detective Fails.... more

The man and the woman he plans to marry are almost playing croquet in Jamaica. They don't know the rules. There are heavy mallets and dusty... more

Track #8: "Before They Make Me Run"

We walked home along the railroad tracks. One day I... more

I don't dream at all unless napping. I've probably had three naps in my lifetime. When I sit at my desk my legs snap in the breeze. They... more

He was temping at a website, one of those online radio stations that you could customize based on music you already liked. It... more

When the weatherman warns the roads will become impassable, your mother sends your father out for supplies. Your mother tucks the money... more

Frank wanted a "heart of the hide" glove ever since he was in the PeeWees, but the dad of all knowledge said nothing doing, a... more

"Becca, you're in charge," Mom said, craning her neck around the driver's side burgundy vinyl headrest. "I'm picking you kids up in... more

The phone rings. You can a) get out of the hot tub, b) tell Graciela to get it, or 3) send Roberto. Answering the phone, however, would... more

There he was in the dugout crying.

All the guys were on the field. They were slugging it out because... more

As soon as Joey Steinbach's foot sprung from second base and he made the turn, there was no unplugging it. He'd decided back on first... more

September 9, 2007

Add incandescent dedication to six gold gloves
and get a damaged biceps tendon, a bad back and
a... more

It is not for nothing that baseball has existed since 1846 and now encompasses 30... more

coach wont stop yelling
"watch the signs from the bench coach!"
but i hate bunting
- Brad Epperson



Swing... more

I stop at a 7-Eleven for a pack of gum. I give the cashier a twenty.

"You don't have any ones?" the cashier... more