Revisions
byTHANK YOU. Thank you, everyone. The reason I’ve asked you all here today is because we have a very important announcement to make. Where do I start. Okay, so, as…
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Meta, Cool, Character
byFrom King Gilgamesh in The Epic of Gilgamesh to the courageous Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games, an audience needs a subject to follow through a solid conclusion. Though some could argue…
This is the Way We Wash Our Clothes
bySOMETHING BAD HAS HAPPENED IN THE FAMILY. Sylvia knows this because Mom is on the phone, whispering things in Spanish like “como puede ser?” (how can this be?) and “hermanita”…
Locked Out of Eden: Fleabag and the Condemned Narrator
byMaybe you don’t know what the nights are like for people who can’t sleep. They all feel guilty— the old man, the young woman, the child. They’re driven through darkness…
Sunshine
byROSCOE LIVES ALONE WITH THIRTY-FIVE DOGS. He finds them easy to take care of, even though he’s seventy and slowing down. The dogs require little but that he calls out…
The Phareng
byI THINK OF THE PHARENG EVERY DAY. I think of his white skin and his cheeks that would turn something between pink and red whenever Mei-Duh lit the third fire. I…
June by Tuesday
by“NO ONE DRINKS CHAMPAGNE FROM WOMEN’S SHOES ANYMORE,” Dean said as he watched the foam dissipate from the head of his beer. Marcus lifted a bowl of peanuts and wiped…
Alchemy and Afternoon Beers: The Beauty of Lodge 49
by“What is it about the light on Sundays? It’s brighter but more empty.” “Sundays are haunted.” THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE BEEN A GAUNTLET OF BAD NEWS, every fresh horror…
Superstitions
by“…human solidarity… is to be achieved not by inquiry but by imagination, the imaginative ability to see strange people as fellow sufferers…” Richard Rorty “When you believe in things that…
My Mom Used to Walk to the Dairy Queen
byMY MOM USE TO WALK TO THE DAIRY QUEEN. She’d do that two or three times a week. It was about a mile away. A little more. She would always…