The 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
Author Archives: BULL Author
Atrial Fibrillation
FICTION by Gage SaylorI eat too fast and sometimes I forget to chew. This is how I am with all things, and if I could appreciate every moment within its own context, eat a meal in silence, cry during a ballet, something like that, maybe I could fix how I love: rapidly.… more
Real Fun
FICTION by Emily HooverWilliam didn’t need keys to successfully steal his mother’s navy blue Camaro. He knew how to hotwire it in ten seconds flat and lived for the jolt of electricity that shot through his body every time the engine roared without a fuss.… more
The Silence of Small Rooms
FICTION by Jesse SalvoThe elevator is full to bursting. Intolerably hot is how you would describe it, if pressed. Wall to wall. Elbow meet elbow. You’re eyeballing the orderlies and patients and visitors all around you, trying to dead-reckon their weight and then compare to the oxidated inspection plaque that lists the elevator’s carrying capacity as Max 4… more
HARVEST
FICTION by Evan GrayBut Myers always wanted to quit the mine that he worked full time for, to fold his workpants up, shove them into the woodstove, beat across Field’s Church Road down to the riverbank, and slowly drown himself, strangling on the water, washing the ash and dust out of his eardrums, and die in a pure way, natural, so he wouldn’t end up dirty like his father, hanging from the main beam, filthy as a day’s work. … more
Landmine
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Ray Shea“Wife-beating has a unique and unforgettable sound, especially when it wakes you up in the middle of the night…”… more
Because of Me
FICTION by Scott MashlanValentine’s fell on a Saturday that year and I was off work, but I went where I worked with Gimbel anyways. Why, either went like this: we were stoned, and I wanted donut holes, and Gimbel knew some girls we could fuck later, and we went to Pick & Save for donut holes and condoms,… more
