Most read stories

The Infamous Kiss

10421042 views88 comments44 favs

When the sailor heard the 2nd World War had just ended He grabbed the woman in the white dress Bent her backwards in Times Square And kissed her real good And the photographer Just happened to be there At the right moment But then As

Little Max

10421042 views00 comments00 favs

“It’s not a bad preschool. You kinda get used to it. You ever been to one before?” Little Max asked the new boy, Sam. Sam shook his head no.

Seventy

10411041 views22 comments11 fav

She was a rich widow who lived down the street.

Be Prepared

10411041 views11 comment11 fav

I thought I would beThe standing champagne glassunmarked and gleamingThe sleeping silverParalleling matesInert as ChinaBut I was the catasleep on the rug

The Nude Pianist: A Novel: Chapter 49

10411041 views22 comments11 fav

Francesco entered the gallery, and he immediately went to work.

Old, Broken Toys

10411041 views11 comment00 favs

A boy sits in a room filled with old, broken toys. A mother is in the next room reading Cosmopolitan, dreaming of a life that should have been hers. There is the zoo and an unnecessary stroller on a very humid day, beads of sweat dripping slowly down a face. A trip to the…

Sarcasm

10411041 views00 comments00 favs

My tongue lashes out like a whip.

Toys For Tots

10411041 views22 comments22 favs

Every year at the orphanage, a new trend sprouted fully grown from a Sears Christmas catalog, and even though our belief in Santa Claus was dashed early on, we still loved the season because it meant a Paint by Number, Pogo stick, Hula Hoop or whatever…

Dead Bear

10411041 views00 comments00 favs

Most likely, the dead bear would be such a mind-fuck for the building crew that they’d probably just remove it quietly. There could be fines and reports and loads of paperwork involved…news would spread and inspections would follow. Yep, they would probab

Five Million Yen: Chapter 44

10411041 views00 comments00 favs

He found a small place on a side street, Bar Oiseaux Ésotérique. There was a sign on the door that read: Jazz Ce Soir: Giovanni Lezardino: Jazz grillé et sautés. Ben had met Lezardino at the Newport Jazz Festival last year.

Cape Charles

10411041 views88 comments66 favs

"ain't hardly got a lick o' crabs today"

Answers Without Questions

10411041 views00 comments11 fav

My father did not die before I was born. That much I can cite as not only fact but an absolute necessity to my existence. However, my father is dead. You can wrap as much sentiment and emotion around it as you wish, but you can't get away from the blunt…

The Narrow Confines of Existence

10411041 views00 comments00 favs

It seems like that is all I really knowThe narrow confines of my existenceThe sun rises and falls somewhere,And all living things, move, work struggle and fightCarrying a bucket of water, while the sunBangs the day's rhythm on my armsThere's a war going on, all the…

The Tale of a Fat Ugly Crow on a May Afternoon

10411041 views88 comments77 favs

a fat crow rapturously caws over its good fortune... not a morsel left on the street, not even a bloodstain

Night Raid

10411041 views22 comments00 favs

The president snapped awake at three AM. He realized he was a serial killer. Highly trained and equipped killers on his orders were summarily murdering thousands of raggedly dressed people in the name of Democracy.

Trio

10411041 views1111 comments99 favs

With green and silent industry, the plants/ convert our shit to fiber, food and breath.

He's So Pretty I'd Dump My Boyfriend For Him

10411041 views22 comments00 favs

I remember when we first met, telling my friends, He’s so pretty I’d dump my boyfriend for him. I remember driving all around Elmhurst looking for parking. We sat in the car eating figs and popcorn. We tried to throw the fig pits or stumps, or wh

Four More Haikus

10411041 views55 comments00 favs

Death is like a warmcup of hot cocoa, steamingup into nothing. The sun rise will bringprison bars of light through thebedroom blinds again. Sorry about thefirst three hours of your deathI thought you were drunk. Across the park thestrange dog looks…

Status Update

10411041 views11 comment00 favs

I can't tell a cigarette from a cheese sandwich as I stare vacantly into the synthetic sunshine of my laptop. Jump up a few lines to add a comma to show the possession of clocks they do belong to people after all. I sip my coffee from a novelty mug, ho

Tuna Casserole

10411041 views11 comment11 fav

I remember when I pulled in the way the car door sounded When it yawned open. I think it may need some oil. In the dress you just bought, With one golden flip flop dangling from Your big toe -- The other under the bench, you told me. "We'll be having a …

(There) You Are(There Again)

10411041 views88 comments55 favs

looking like you never once purposefully disappeared from our view. Like a river running clean through a fog's lying heart. Like standing thunder, suddenly gone solid enough, within a crazed hungry countryside, like a smile's radius, to be seen and heard …

Remembering Conway

10411041 views1414 comments77 favs

But you can have a lap dance.

GUNS

10411041 views22 comments22 favs

I'm gonna buy a gun.

Thanksgiving

10401040 views88 comments44 favs

Didn't usually go to the parade because it was long and cold But only a few blocks from the apartment Maybe if the sun had warmed all up some

One Night Stand with the Birthday Girl Near Lincoln Park Before Leaving on my “Honeymoon”

10401040 views22 comments00 favs

Terry marked each spot where we did it with a red “X” on this map she had taken from my dad's gas station. In those days gas stations gave out maps for free.

Newborn Baby App — Buyer Beware!

10401040 views11 comment11 fav

They first hook you in with how cute they are. And they are cute, do not get me wrong. I'm not, nor have I ever been, fundamentally against babies—until now. As the first reviewer of this oh-so-wonderful app, my intention is not to…

Robins

10401040 views1313 comments55 favs

Pine nerves spike and row.

At a Reading

10401040 views55 comments33 favs

His wife leans her head against a beam with her eyes closed while he reads out loud. Her mouth shut tightly, almost twisted shut. She's so weary. She raises her collar and sinks further into her neck. When he shouts, or explodes — nothing. Not

The Study of Professor Herbert Hand

10401040 views00 comments00 favs

They say he started the study on February 26, 20—. Ever since that day, no one has seen or heard from him.

civilization

10401040 views1313 comments99 favs

pain and anger