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Fiction
My friend Brendan rang. “Anna’s killed herself,” he said. What else could I do but laugh? The regional train was chugging past my platform when he…
A Father’s Worry
Another early morning where the sun is about to rise in the summertime of Lilongwe, Malawi. Two escort drivers, Andrew and Vincent, are about to…
“Fourteen” and “Seventeen”
Fourteen All his life, he'd had a dim awareness of his own stupidity and laziness. From moment to moment, it drew nearer or hung back, like a panther…
Love Mummy
It’s been three years since my last relationship and I haven’t had much success since. My former secretary Molly was sweet, but a little dense and…
“Unholy Medicine,” “Sense Memory,” and “Two Dead Boys”
Unholy Medicine If Buddha had a cold would the eight-spoked wheel still start to turn? Would the diamond vehicle convey learned saints above the…
The Freak of My Dreams
That primal urge crept upon me on a Saturday, its heated breath at my loins, begging for release. So I went through the same old tired routine---turn…
A Conversation at Dana Point
Andy said once more that God could never allow a human being to enter a state as terrible as immortality. We were sitting on the back of the rental…
Cannae
I walk an avenue in a tonier part of my Rust Belt city on a cold-as-shit March day. Pretty, professional gals walk past me. Hipster dudes,…
Nights in Shining Armor
A true story: The Baltimore Orioles had just beat the Red Sox in ten nail-biting baseball innings. But there were no joyful cheers that day. Instead…
Japanese GF
I always pondered what it’d be like to leave the poisonous women of the Western world and plant my roots in the Far East. So one day, I hopped on a…
