Most read stories

Song In the American Soul - song

10371037 views44 comments44 favs

Through the lonely night All the roads are breathing While somewhere on the road The American soul lies bleeding The past is all in yellow The future’s all in blue While living in the moment Has lost its rosy hue

The Baby Pool

10371037 views11 comment11 fav

I want to fly like a snail. Yes, snails fly in their minds, so does the brain of the ocean. Does a man want to drown in the ersatz of desire? You must understand me. You and I swam together. They call it escape velocity.

Henry Katz

10371037 views44 comments00 favs

Henry Katz sat on his couch. He was reading a book. He guessed it was a novel, but he had to keep looking at the cover to remind himself what it was.

Flying Into The Danger Zone

10371037 views00 comments00 favs

Before I take on any client, I need to know why exactly you need the services of a professional wingman. It’s hard to admit to your failures, especially when it involves your penis.

Sugarexplosion

10371037 views33 comments11 fav

At school, Joe knew the answers to the questions. He used to jump up onto his desk and wave his arm before Mrs. Gestapo told him he would have to stop or he would go to the principal’s office, where the other kids said that the principal made you pull d

120 Years

10371037 views00 comments00 favs

It has been speculated that his failure to become either a recognized artiste or a blockbuster director is what ultimately led him, when the opportunity presented itself, to upload his consciousness.

There.

10371037 views22 comments11 fav

There: you see a woman who has laid hands on the man she walks with. Tomorrow she will kill herself. Let me speak her life. Born alone, without event. Moon, gibbous. Month, Julius, the tail end. A Leo. Many other signs and wonders seen to have been…

Genius

10371037 views00 comments00 favs

Everything I write is gold, he mused. My words spill onto the page like ambrosia, nectar of the gods, filling an empty vessel with immortal life.

The Happiest Place

10361036 views22 comments00 favs

I normally don't photograph well, but today – well, today's different.

Untitled

10361036 views1111 comments55 favs

the colors of the night

For August and Enkidu

10361036 views88 comments77 favs

Even among the thousands of black cats/ in the world, though, he would nonetheless/ be my favorite with those impurities of light brown tufts

At the Christmas Carol Bar

10361036 views66 comments55 favs

I’ll take my Christmas carols neat-

Promises

10361036 views66 comments66 favs

Tell me how beautiful I am and I'll dance for you Tell me how much you love my smile and I'll kiss you softly Paint a picture of me and I will lie still Let me see your smile and watch me exhale Rock me back and forth and my eyes close I see rocky shores and…

Kathy

10361036 views00 comments00 favs

"Happy New Year Willie."

Conversation in a Dark Corner of Cafe Breton

10361036 views22 comments22 favs

I loved you with the heaviness of crushed knives

Tiny Breaths

10361036 views44 comments00 favs

Fire and ice undo me. I am born again, born again through the burning ice and biting flame. Listlessly floating cinder-like on lost cusps of wind that multiply with every with every single with every single breath. Spitfire grail and…

The Meat Lady

10361036 views55 comments44 favs

After all our morals And ethics of distrust Have been ripped out And discussed There’s still the Meat Lady At the end of the day Standing around in the midst of the crowd Handing out her meat In little morsels on a toothpick Af

A Night of Furversion

10361036 views00 comments00 favs

Another subject of interest is "furverts"--"individuals who engage in sexual activity while dressed in animal costumes."

The Nude Pianist: A Novel: Chapter 36

10361036 views44 comments22 favs

Vicki's scream echoed in Michiko's ear, an unwelcome earworm.

Agora

10361036 views11 comment00 favs

Sometimes I think our gathering is a ritual centered on collective visualization. Other times I feel like I have been physically transported. I am not sure there is a difference.

Edith Head's Heady Day

10361036 views33 comments22 favs

Rain dressed for winter, a win, she thought

WILD

10351035 views11 comment11 fav

Most days you couldn't win; the constant nag from the fact that it was all a game was your only comfort. I was at the unemployment office again. The gal at the counter'd seen me enough to know when the printer was out of ink so she could walk away.

Creamy, Dreamy, Coppertone Cologne

10351035 views11 comment11 fav

and live for that moment

Quel Bordel

10351035 views22 comments33 favs

Our friend, M. Dieu-Juste partnered in a used car business with a Vietnamese mechanic, Mr. Tran. Cars however, were not their only venture.

Fortunately the Future Is Behind Us

10351035 views44 comments33 favs

When you finally arrive, when you are bounced from Bingo for calling out too many false Bingos, may the mothers be there to lift the children off your soul. May you see the fiery red word Psychic above the doorway underneath the green

Honeymoon du Jour

10351035 views00 comments00 favs

a sequel to Love in Miniature, after the couple is married.

Origin Story

10351035 views1515 comments1111 favs

My father taught me how to solder and that's when I first started to write. Now, when you hold the soldering iron in your hand and depress the trigger, the tip of the gun heats up. Novices uncoil the solder and place it on the hot tip, but that just results in it…

Reflections

10351035 views44 comments22 favs

... the rift of losing you was jagged and violent ...

Things I Like To Do When I Don't Feel Like Doing Anything

10351035 views11 comment11 fav

Run up and down the hill shouting Hollywood! Hollywood! Hollywood! Order a penis size enhancer for everyone in the neighborhood. Invent theorems for the unrivalled glory of eggnog. Get drunk on utter futility. Pack my favorite suitcase with tree bark…

That Was Then, Not Now

10341034 views66 comments33 favs

Memory is unreliable, of course-/ re-coloring savored scenes-/ paler here, more saturated there-