Poetry - Feb 9, 2012 13:02 - 0 Comments

Fiction - Feb 7, 2012 13:21 - 2 Comments

The Sun Eaters
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 13:21
We ran together on the frozen land like a pack of insane hyenas. Children. All ages. Starving. Poor.
Poetry - Feb 6, 2012 12:51 - 1 Comment

10 Reasons Why I Am Ending Class Early
Monday, February 6, 2012 12:51
2 – The theme to Reading Rainbow is stuck in my head, incessantly humming “I could fly twice as high!”
Essays - Feb 2, 2012 16:47 - 2 Comments

Slim-Fast Vacation
Thursday, February 2, 2012 16:47
Two years had gone by since my last relationship ended, since I last kissed anyone. Not for lack of trying. I went on dates with women, most of whom I met on the Internet–one who told me her ex-girlfriend had accused her of strangulation, but in her defense, said, “There weren’t even any marks on her neck!” When I asked how she trained her four well-behaved Jack Russell dogs, she said, “I beat the shit out of them!” Another who, when I told her I was Jewish, said, “I once met a woman from Germany.” And another who was a [...]
Fiction - Jan 31, 2012 13:03 - 1 Comment

The Photographer
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 13:03
He bends over her body like an awning over a warm sidewalk, shading her as he snaps the photograph.
Poetry - Jan 30, 2012 13:43 - 0 Comments

Schadenfreude
Monday, January 30, 2012 13:43
“Leave it to the Germans,” said Ben.
“They didn’t invent it,” I said. “They just named it.”
“To name a thing is to own it,” he said. “It’s theirs.”
And he walked away then,
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