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Self-Destruction, Part 3

XII. at court with Justin So suggestive, how he softly touched the small of my back with his fingertips, urging me gently down the line to pay my…


Friend Request

Joanne reached in her bag for her cell phone and accidentally jostled the laptop of the young man beside her. She smiled an apology, but he was too…


“Bot,” “David Foster Wallace Road Trip,” and “Seven Traffic Lights”

Bot the next day [I] was [stationed] in a mall a security detail [watching as usual] in rooms making movies EMPLOYEES ONLY from hidden positions…


Cuck Resistance

It all started with a hope in Glenn Levin’s eyes. He hoped that they would pull through with what he’d seen them do a hundred times before. He hoped…


Heart Reveal

The heart, misunderstood, mistreated, is the one to blame, the one that entices our emotions to conquer, and ultimately reach our demise. Alone it…


Office #734

"Hello, what can I do for you?" He walked up to the receptionist's desk and leaned on it with one arm. "I have an appointment with Mr. James Bennett…


Verses of a Dirty Old Man: A Review of What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles Bukowski

What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire by Charles Bukowski (HarperCollins, March 2009) I feel that this is a work that is deserving…


Show Your Work, Pattern II: Good Luck

One Wednesday afternoon, Jackson asked Arnold if he would help him move some tables on the weekend from the local used furniture store to the center…


“Take the Hope Express,” “Olive Oyl-sama and Popeye-san,” “Making History,” and Other Poems

Take the Hope Express Our rituals are few. Anyone can sing of crows; they bite. We scrape the bottom of the barrel, looking for some- thing to love.…


Girls Chat is, Like, Soooooo Cool!

NOTE FROM THE EDITORS: We wouldn't ordinarily insert ourselves into someone else's work, but this submission can't be understood without some…