by Pattie Seely
Back then I didn’t know
that I would miss them so dearly
those women behind the counters
of accomplished age bathed
in Chanel and flaunting
their red French twists.
They had long, pale necks […]
Ode to an Old Department Store
The Wind that Shakes the Barley
(Directed by Ken Loach)
by Kevin Murphy
For my twenty-first birthday my grandfather gave me his front tooth. He’d wrapped it in a blue handkerchief along with a clipped newspaper article […]
Hog Ripping
by D. Harlan Wilson
“I can rip just about anything in half.” I started with a sheet of vellum followed quickly by a slice of cheese. Neither feat garnered […]
Eastern Promises
(Directed by David Cronenberg)
by Kevin Murphy
This week’s scheduled essay intended to discuss Charlie Wilson’s War, Mike Nichols’ new picture starring Tom Hanks as the Texas congressman noted for his personality […]
Meaning of Life # 17
by Sean Lovelace
Spleen is rustling ill. In that way honest. But also outcast, as in weird. Its tattoos have fallen off. “We refuse existence as condiment,” they inform Spleen. Spleen […]
Flushed
by Brandi Wells
There were probably fifteen of us crammed in the cell. No benches or beds, just a ledge jutting four or five inches out of the wall. We were […]
