The Day of Battle
A Camp Near the Eastern Side of Mount Hermon, Israel: October 1973 “The steed is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory is the Lord’s.” ---…
Gag Breath Laugh (Counting How Many Times My Life Ex Said Something to Alexa During Sex)
You’re on your back and I’m sucking your dick and the room is lit redpink The cover of Loveless Alexa, set Jessica to…50 Okay 0:03 The room is a…
The Shadow Men, Part 6 — Excerpt 1
“You!” “Yes, sir?” “There’s a spill over on the 11th floor, northeast corner of hallway A. Get over there and clean it up, will you?” “Yes, sir!” The…
Mr. Cagney, Himself
For many years now, I’ve lived atop a hillside with views of a chaparral-covered canyon and the ocean in the distance. I’ve treasured the serenity of…
Titanium
After dinner, my older sister Julie and I were getting up to go do our homework when Mom stopped us by saying, “Hold on you two. Sit down.” She…
Shoe
A man named Dan Shoemaker lived in the garage, and a woman everyone called “Aunt Shoe” lived in the house. Dan used to get knee-walking, snot-hanging…
Ravenous
When she was wheeled into the day room, attended by her IV drip, Jim thought she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She seemed absolutely…
The Ambush, Part 9: Liebe + Romance
I’m fucking around at my desk again, idle, fuming that the lacerations from the one-sided gunfight aren’t enough for medical leave, entertaining the…
Pallid Faces at the Window
Madge put down her half empty bottle of beer on the end table, missing the cardboard coaster by several inches, and kneeled on the sofa to pinch the…
Turkish Delight
Constantinople, Turkish Republic: 1924 The last call of the muezzin slowly fades; the evening sun embraces the horizon over the minarets of the…
