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In the Shadow of the Belt, Chapter 1: Early Childhood

And Then My Childhood Began... My very first childhood memory is a bunch of dead rabbits. After graduation, my father looked for work, and we moved…


Self-Partnering Myself to Emma Watson

Wanna see you bite that lip in the Bling Ring Fuckin hot shit Hermione Lookin for that dance scene on YouTube baby Gettin all hot bothered ready to…


The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 2: Four Months Before October

My plan to discredit Melanie Rossen failed in momentum with every lead. I started with the head of the history department at Anderson University,…


“Broken Uterus,” “The Animal Mankind,” “Beautiful No. 2,” and Other Poems

translated by Xi Nan Broken Uterus An autumn morning you stood in front of the window naked clouded by bright light I almost thought a fairy had come…


Caught

As Cody loped down the courthouse stairs, he scanned a young woman’s body. Short skirt, sexy legs. A young woman he’d stalked distantly before.…


6 to 6: Book People

I am on the freeway in my taxi going the speed limit with a passenger lady reading her book in the back seat. Without warning, a truck darts in front…


The Dark Lord Arises!

“He’s not a villain, Summer, but he shouldn’t be your hero. He’s more like a demon. Or a super fucked-up God.” --- Morty, on Rick The man tripped…


Unemployed Cowboy

This was in the city buried a billion miles underground. At that depth, things did not melt, they froze: the world subterranean cold, roads heaving…


The Untouchable, Part 1

I. Marcus leaned his salt-and-pepper head back while he sat on the park bench and took in the fresh spring air through his mashed nostrils. For a…


“Comic Book Heroes,” “Imagination,” “Quiet Jazz Nights,” and “It’s That Weird Time”

Comic Book Heroes All he talked about was Comic book heroes And movies He knew all the good ones by name And he struggled, and I struggled With…