The day they destroyed the set of Waterworld, they blew it up. Let metal and plastic sink to the bottom of our ocean. Let it dirty our life-giving waters with their Hollywood waste.… more
Author Archives: Ben Drevlow
The Last Word
FLASH FICTION by Oleg OlizevBefore we headed to the viewing room, we spent the night jerking off into a jar—taking turns, no eye contact, focused, like a drill exercise. … more
Heel Turn
FLASH FICTION by Chelsea StickleYou’re either supposed to be a star or a star-fucker. Your mother will settle for a star-fucker.… more
THE GREATEST LESSON OF ALL
FICTION by EdboyMe and Lalo had a lot in common. Both our moms vanished, and bam—there we were at Grandma’s.… more
Amidst the clouds
FLASH FICTION by Swetha AmitI don’t move when the sun disappears behind the clouds. I don’t move when I see the white puffs turning gray. I don’t move when I hear the clap of thunder. I don’t even move when I feel the raindrops on my head, trickling down my cheeks like tears.… more
Sunglasses for Whole People
FICTION by Stephanie AustinYou can’t have two depressive and anxious people in a relationship because your depression and anxiety tries to out depress and anxious the other, so what happens is that one of you rawdogs your mental health by making offensive jokes and the other curls up around a matted childhood stuffy named Giraffe.… more
Pink
FICTION by Alan RossiThe boy was directionless, and his flaws seemed so overwhelming, and the overwhelmingly troubling behaviors that Pink knew needed correcting, or at least addressed, in the boy, were myriad.… more
This World of Yours
FLASH FICTION by Sacha BissonnetteWhere I’m from we have a word for the way the body reacts and closes up and doesn’t open up again when it receives disagreeable news. It’s hard to tell if they have a word for that here. I decided it was best not to tell them.… more
Writing About Divorce? Eleven Observations
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Gary PercesepeThe more you resist telling a story, the more likely it needs to be told for you to take the next steps forward, in life as in writing.… more
A princess, a cowboy, and a clown walk into a bar
FLASH FICTION by Didi WoodIt’s not a bar, though, but a backyard party, twins, and the princess and the clown never showed so it’s just the cowboy out there, shooting water from his pistols and lassoing the birthday boy while the horde shrieks and the birthday girl wails by the fence.… more
