Most read stories

JUST BECAUSE

11031103 views11 comment11 fav

It's been almost two years since I bought it.

The Duke of Travel

11031103 views1515 comments77 favs

...he had that same grin, better than a racy French picture.

Alone

11031103 views11 comment00 favs

I wake up in the back of my car, sleeping amongst the junk and a steel trolley I had used to help someone move house. I feel for the door handle to let some of the cold, grey morning air in. I gingerly step out onto the pavement and my leg gives way as a cocktail…

The Blues

11031103 views00 comments11 fav

I was sitting at the barFeeling the blues after workDrinking my 64 0z pitcherOf beerBody hurting all overAnd this kid begins to talk to meAbout how drinking is killing myBrain cellsAnd of course i have heard thisShit all beforeYet i act dumb all the sameLike really? I did…

But She Means Well

11031103 views55 comments55 favs

My wife said she’d only be gone 10 minutes. 10 minutes. She left me with the 2 boxes we couldn’t fit into the car, and went home to unload the 5 others. She’d be back in 10 minutes. I got a call after half an hour, she was on her way back to get me. I

The Gift

11031103 views22 comments11 fav

and oh how serratedly so

Exploring Physics

11031103 views99 comments77 favs

Our half-life, radioactive decay, particles shed leaving dust and bone."twilight years", "golden age", "evening of life"?Bullshit. I'm not ready to stop pumping high octane.You said, "I'll take you to Paris."Hemingway's address is still in your notebook, I saw it.I'll wear…

Village of Humans

11031103 views00 comments00 favs

It must have been then and in those days and during that time when the grass and short brush, like so much amber and jade, emerged from the snow and the poet Li Po, who while traveling within the ten thousand crags of the Tanggula Mountains, looked up…

gravelortian part 5

11031103 views11 comment11 fav

papa wants to dance - the future is so bright - feel good all the time baby

The Roses Ask For You

11031103 views55 comments11 fav

The roses ask for you when I smell them They seem to remember your touch more than others. They can’t bear it when you’re gone and wonder when you’ll be returning I am beginning to do the same I no longer go outdoors to be with them

There is No Logic in the Immediate Fact

11031103 views66 comments66 favs

of a strangely found desire. I wanted to tell you something important, I'm sure, I mean it's pretty obvious, even in this funny breathing space, but everything has been said to death. More isn't always…

Bully of the Town

11031103 views22 comments11 fav

The woman was dancing, holding her bottle in the air as she slowly turned around, blocking the way to the exit. “I asked Miss Pansy Blossom if she would wing a reel,” she sang.

The Cheerleader

11021102 views22 comments00 favs

He sat behind her in Honors English, each day studying everything about her.......

Night Flight

11021102 views11 comment00 favs

I heard them calling my name. “Will passenger Karen Anderson please come to flight desk Six Fourteen? Flight 912 is ready for takeoff. This is your last call.” “Mario, did you hear that?” I asked. “We’re on the wrong plane!”

Arcana Magi Zero Arc 3 - c.2

11021102 views00 comments00 favs

Megumi turned to the night sky. The moon was brighter than she ever saw. The argument got louder as her smile shrunk into sadness.

world's a mess

11021102 views66 comments33 favs

until i french kiss every atmosphere my mouth ready to explode like roman candles sparking my fingers sparking off the tips of my sparking fingers

Some Advice

11021102 views00 comments00 favs

Justify your metamorphasis

Drummer Boy

11021102 views00 comments00 favs

A door slams. The vibrations rattle through the floor, up his legs and into his chest. He can hear the yells, and the tears that mar her voice. Rat-ta-tatRat-ta-tat A door slams. Eyes closed while images of a life he will never live flicker on…

We are the miserable

11021102 views66 comments77 favs

We are the miserable, annoyed, dismayed sick. We slouch on black naugahyde chairs too pathetic to reach for magazines. The computer is down the young receptionist has explained to each of us in young, florid style, complete with “I…

Before Language

11021102 views44 comments00 favs

Living in the dark ages without language, I think I’ve been dead long enough. You can come out of the vast fields of night. Come out of the vast galactic storm without light. The darkened dreams that speed past with their false and brightly lit

Color

11021102 views55 comments22 favs

Red leaves green trees wind chimes tune

Mounds of Flesh

11021102 views00 comments00 favs

Rains came again and wore away at their flesh, revealing bone as white and sharp as sharks’ teeth.

Animal Crush

11021102 views33 comments33 favs

two pairs of arms and legs

The Dog's Familiar

11021102 views00 comments00 favs

The county sent two crews, one to get Mr. Meyers, the old shut-in, tall and affable, but quiet and bent, like a crooked coat rack with a porkpie atop, the other for his dog, an english setter whom he shadowed like a familiar. I say he was the familiar and

Passion

11021102 views88 comments55 favs

From words to meaning― how complicated it is.

Interstellar Solace

11021102 views1717 comments99 favs

he considers the swirl of galaxies/ with their black hole hearts,

She Came to Me

11011101 views22 comments11 fav

I liked her when I first saw herShe came to meI liked her hair and body and eyesBu there was something wrong with Her teethScarred beautyI hit it off with her easily at the barThe others didn't like herShe was a cookShe told me about her narcolepsy, ADHD, Tourettes…

Miranda

11011101 views1010 comments22 favs

...cinched the handcuffs.

Dear A. Lien

11011101 views22 comments00 favs

Time is a form of sandwich. Each component of the sandwich is nestled between night and day, which enclose it like slices of bread. There are minutes, hours, and seconds. Seconds are tiny, like sesame seeds. Minutes are a little larger. Think of them as p

Duration and Frequency

11011101 views88 comments88 favs

for spirits and demons have no life/ but what imagination gives