Can’t Stop
I woke up in the back of the greyhound bus coated in sweat. Maybe it was the 115-degree Nevada sun cutting through the windows or maybe my body was trying…
Allocation
CurTis absolutely despised the Internet Cafes. Between the bad coffee, the lack of proper air conditioning, the sketchy losers that hung around them, and the ironically shitty Internet connections, nothing…
Practice
I wasn’t capable of love. Or was it I wasn’t worthy of love? Either way, this wasn’t going well. Abort. I uttered “abort” under my breath in the dark chamber…
No Pain
Nate lived up to his name. Almost exclusively dressed in green cargo shorts and sandals with a perpetual beard and emaciated composure, he appeared to be made of granola. There…
Man
MAY 18, 2021 I’ll never know why it’s so hard to find a gas station in a city. It’s one of those rare things that don’t make sense between urban…
The Cure For Everything
Krist was living a dream for the week, even if it was someone else’s dream. Venice Beach. House on the canals. Neighbor was the guitar player from Incubus or maybe…
The Pass
Carolyn’s coffee had just gotten cool enough to drink when she was greeted by the state trooper. He stood in front of the barrier, trying not to shiver in the…
Manhattan; Manhattan
Manhattan, New York The hundreds of people who waved to Gary on their way in and out of the parking garage at 6th and 29th always wondered how he passed…
Airstream
aron still had the program from his mother’s funeral in his leather jacket. He just didn’t know it yet. It had been a very mild Winter in Los Angeles, if…
Whitemail
The moment had come for Mason Smith. The tens of thousands of hours of practice, the pain, the blisters on his thumbs, had all paid off. Everyone was going to…