One. Visibility. We can watch the entire movie, beginning to end, without having to hide behind a newspaper once. No over-the-edge cruelty is displayed, in other words—quite an unexpected gift…
IT LAYS DEAD BEFORE ME, ITS SKULL CRACKED. The tree bore no injury. Grasping the kill by the neck, I move toward the mountain. Little drops of red fall upon…
We asked writers to send us 24-word stories or poems in response to Kobe Bryant’s significant legacy. Superman isn’t supposed to die, Morris said after the game, and he’s right….
We asked writers to send us 8-word stories or poems in response to Kobe Bryant’s significant legacy. Life in unyielding pursuit, For the love of. Larry Urrego Trash ball Metal…
‘TIS THE SEASON WHEN FAMILIES GET TOGETHER AND ARGUE ABOUT WHETHER LOVE, ACTUALLY IS ANY GOOD. I hereby unconditionally surrender. It must be doing something right. It’s clearly lovable, or people…
“OLDER BROTHER.” I STOPPED FOR A SECOND THE OTHER DAY WHEN THAT PHRASE SAT UP IN MY MIND. I was walking through Washington Square Park with a few slices of…
I HAVE NEVER TRUSTED THE ENDING OF THE FAMOUS THE TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODE “EYE OF THE BEHOLDER”. We’re supposed to believe that this Janet Tyler, the beautiful, dangerous woman with the…
THEY HAVE ERASED ME FROM THE PHOTOGRAPH BY NOW. The one they sent to the papers with all of us sat outside the refectory. They do that, you know. The…
Recuerdo: Bare Once I walked in on my father undressing watched as he tugged his underwear and jeans down his lean light-complexioned thighs For what either one of us could…
“Bring along a new novel with you some time, will you, only please not one of those modern ones.” “What do you…