Posted on January 28, 2010 by Colleen Newport
Lila ruined sitcoms for me forever. Lila ruined chick flicks for me forever. Lila ruined teen books about vacationing bloomers for me forever. Hell, Lila ruined me forever.
Continue ReadingPosted on January 25, 2010 by Alex Halpern
He sat on the back porch in a red wooden chair next to his father. The porch was screened in and vines curled around up around the sides. Beyond it was pasture, still green but unfertilized. Byron Whitaker had grown up on this back porch and in that field. Then he’d gone away to war and now he was back.
Continue ReadingPosted on January 19, 2010 by Alex Halpern
I’ve been called a murderer and a saint. I don’t know how they found out about me but my tires have been slashed and some assholes from PETA left a pretty terrible note on my windshield. I don’t hate animals, I never have. I’m not a sociopath. I just recognize that life is finite and it doesn’t do much good to lose any sleep over it.
Continue ReadingPosted on January 18, 2010 by Bill Michalek
If that phantom was real
And wanted to hurt me
Then all I had to do was suffer and die
Gritting my teeth awhile
Jack Kerouac – Mexico City Blues
Continue ReadingPosted on January 6, 2010 by Alex Halpern
Some new fiction to start off the new year!
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