The movie took on a dissolving pattern, the square screen going soft at the corners, rounding off and he thought not of what he’d done, but what he hadn’t done. And more about what he still could do to balance all that had happened.… more
Author Archives: Ben Drevlow
I Peed on my Hand, Amen
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Sydney Ronquilloits just like peeing. it is peeing, what am i talking about, why am i narrating this? i started peeing, missed the cup, and realized i didn’t even know where it was coming from. i wasn’t sure whether to be disgusted or panicked… more
ALL HAIL THE TOFU KIDS
Moans from the Condiment FridgeThe enormous, stinking, crap filled the room. Growing bigger, busting pipes, and soiling sheets, the table in front of me smelled like Patchouli was holding onto its last astrology chart.… more
Curve Ball
FICTION by Joshua D. WetjenAll these years on the road and I’ve never done anything like that before. What really unnerves me is how I barely feel guilty.… more
A Company Man
FICTION by Benjamin GibbonsMy supervisor, Brian Waggingham, says that Olfactory Response Experts are like taste-testers or test-drivers. Instead of dipping fries in new condiments at Craft-Heinz or taking the latest Audi for a spin around a track, we smell cat feces and urine.… more
Swords
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Joey DamianoThat night I jammed my erect penis into the opening of Dad’s new wife’s minced garlic jar and put it back in the fridge, so I guessed we were even.… more
The Bright Divide
FLASH FICTION by David HensonAn ant crawls across the patio table. You fix your eyes. The bug starts to move away; you press with your thumb. The ant’s legs writhe from its crushed body. When I asked why, you say you weren’t done looking at it yet.… more
LAY OUT
FLASH FICTION by Greg MulcahyHe thought then that was true, that he was done, and he did not know then as he knew now that he had known then without knowing it that going—finishing and leaving—was something.… more
Barricade
FICTION by Hollis BlackProminent signage warned that the home was protected by “Smith and Wesson,” and the owner had six good reasons to stay away. Walter Jesup didn’t need to spray and pray. He was a crack shot ever since his service days.… more
Monster
FLASH FICTION by Tiff M. Z. LeeIt wasn’t so bad, once we got used to the smell of raw meat and the odd disappearance when one of us pissed her off and the utter, brutal ruthlessness of Tyra Banks.… more
