The kids leave in a belch then everything’s quiet. Just Mr. May at his desk (oval) rubbing his temples (tense), clearing his mind (disemboweled). There’s a lone, acrid leaf of spinach in his Tupperware and, removing it, he catches himself thinking, If only I had a wife, then I’d have someone to send me to […]
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Nathan Leslie: It Can’t Hurt, Can It?
When I say “testify” I don’t mean this in any traditional slash Christian sense. No baptisms or the like. Nor do I mean this in the legal sense. I simply and directly am implying a simple and direct statement testifying as to the truth-quality of my position. I don’t mean to sound pretentious; I am […]
B.G. Firmani: How I Married Philip Glass
Actually I was thinking that I probably shouldn’t write about how I married Phil, because he was married four times before I ever met him, which isn’t exactly what you’d call a model of single-mindedness, and what if I accidentally provide other women with a kind of instructional manual on the subject? But you know […]
John Estes: Density
Patrick wanted some room to let the story stretch its legs a little, didn’t think a screenplay would be enough, not with five main characters and the memory of a dragon lady. After finishing the course at Bennetville Community College, with the approval of Mr. Leonard Strichnine in hand, however, he felt amply able to […]
John Estes: Awrack and Awry
She had hidden or cut up her credit cards, but that didn’t in any way diminish the desire to acquire, what her old Uncle Ralph had called The Havies. Today it is an iPod shuffle, which she’s sure if only she had that it would help her get to the gym more often, as they […]
Sean Carney: Super Man
Last month I almost choked to death on a peanut butter cracker alone in my apartment. And that will really make you stop and think about things. One of which is maybe it’s time for me to stop living alone, if only so that someone will scream when they discover my corpse. And that’s all […]