Per the rules we had established, I had to pull his shoes and socks off and he mine. We wanted to lead our toe competition with good sportsmanship.… more
Tag Archives: Sports
Young God in Gym Class
FICTION by Joe SackstederYoung God pulls his Dream Team from a roadside culvert, spins Lucifer from cornsilk—because not having a favorite is beyond even God’s young powers.… more
He Do Everything Big
FICTION by T.L.SimpsonThey pinch and prod him. Children ask to feel his muscles. Women run their hands on his chest, feeling the shape and firmness—something none of them have ever felt in their own men. They giggle like high school girls. Beau smiles and nods and hugs and says “yes sir” more times than Anna Carol can count.… more
Rafters
FICTION by Patrick ChambersThe old timers stare stony faced from behind our bench, and I think they are frozen in place for a moment, amidst a sea of people threatening to crash down onto the court and drown us all.… more
Cutting
FICTION by Daniel KennedyI found my father’s bed at the end of the corridor. A nurse held his pallid arm up to the light. She adjusted one of the tubes and lowered his arm back to his side. In the neighboring bed, a man older than my father was connected to beeping monitors. He followed me with his eyes. Landis and my mom turned their heads as the nurse walked out.
“What are you doing here?” asked Landis.… more
Learning the Pig
FICTION by Martin Reed“He twisted and rolled the pebble between his fingers, staring straight ahead at the black pig, lying tied to a post sunk in bone grey dirt in the middle of the field… more
Plenty of Time, Yet
FICTION by Casey Pycior“Before I knew what I was doing, I chucked the banana. A lifetime of frustration with this team boiled over in that instant… more
One Hundred Michael Jordans
FICTION by Andrew F. Sullivan“These Michael Jordans are not meant to see a baseball game. They will not have shoes made in their honor. Their bodies are just an impression made of flesh, pressed out in petri dishes… more
