Cabin 28

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There was vomit on the rug. That’s the first thing Thomas told his boss. Again, this is something he would never understand. When he got older, how he communicated what he saw. First, he talked about the vomit. Then he talked about the woman in her bed.More

The Future Is So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

The Future Is So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

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First time I nearly died was a bit pathetic, Mum too caught up with the rest of the kids, I was bored. Only got 24 hours on a ward ‘til Mum picked me up for discharge. Didn’t get any therapy, don’t think she took the calls.More

June Gloom

June Gloom

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Dre was no good for quiet work anymore, he couldn’t blend in anywhere. His mass drew stares like a natural force. He was muscle pure and simple but Alfonse loved him since the moment they set eyes on each other in the frozen winter yard at Sing Sing.More

Come Back Just to Spite You

Come Back Just to Spite You

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You can come back every day and see how it changes, how that fur and fat and meat and all that just goes away, and you’re left with a little pile of bones that don’t look like anything except bones.More

Pink Sunglasses Taller Than She Was

Pink Sunglasses Taller Than She Was

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Before I heard my coin drop, I saw the shortest, whitest-haired, most wrinkled, bony-fingered, woman in the largest pink framed sunglasses I had ever seen, look her purse snatcher over like he was a blouse she was thinking of buying. Then pow! Her knee. His pee shooter. Perfect landing.More

STEVE GERGLEY

STEVE GERGLEY

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I really only understand myself, and I’m a misfit and a weirdo who doesn’t know how to interact and communicate with people very well, so other misfits and weirdos are the types of people I really like writing about.More

Chicken

Chicken

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“It’s an animal,” Wife said. “It belongs outside with the birds and bugs and everything else with teeth.” I said, “He’s not an animal.” What I didn’t say was he was the only living thing I knew for sure would never leave me behind.More

Disappearing Act

Disappearing Act

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There’s a connection, a mutual understanding. Two waves one over. One grins. One breathes on one’s palm and sniffs hours-old choripán. Three’s favorite street food. One decides to chance it with two. Three will never find out. Three’s busy at home, a continent away, with half and third.More

Cake And Ice Cream

Cake And Ice Cream

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“Malcolm was taking away her cake and ice cream,” Barry said, edging me up. “He should have known she was gonna fight for it.”More

Automatonophobia

Automatonophobia

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But Muppets don’t end with your TV screens. Did you know? They infiltrate your workplaces, your idols, your governments.More

My Neighbor Pays Me $100 to Dress Up Like His Dead Daughter

My Neighbor Pays Me $100 to Dress Up Like His Dead Daughter

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And that’s when he told me I reminded him of his dead daughter because we both have red hair, freckles, and look like we’re keeping everybody else’s secrets.More