“There he goes, Rob Lowe, leaping from my rooftop, nothing below him but the neighbor’s flat, gray, concrete side-yard three stories down… more
Category Archives: CREATIVE NONFICTION
On Subtraction and Rereading
CREATIVE NONFICTION by James Valvis“I was being trained like the masters of old. They did not generally have large libraries. They often had only six or seven books and from these books they learned their craft… more
Notes on a Quarter-Life Crisis
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Connor Ferguson“A year and a half ago, I had a quarter-life crisis. If you read this step-by-step strategy guide — and with a little luck and determination — you can have one, too.… more
Plastic Cactus
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Pete Stevens“Lucky came from Egypt, the land of pharaohs and Cleopatra. Now he was dead in a box in a hole in Midland, Michigan, U.S.A. … more
An Uneasy Heaven
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Matt Briggs“The nearest pizza to Heaven can be purchased with an American Express, Discover, MasterCard, or VISA at Messina’s Restaurant? in the Cressona Mall in Pennsylvania… more
Portrait of Bullwhip
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Barrett Hathcock“I grabbed the whip and let it loose in the garage, let it slither around my feet, and then I took it out into the carport.… more
Get a Grip on Yourself
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Christopher Evans“I grab the stack of mags and settle into the chair, immediately trying not to think about how many other bare asses have sweated in it… more
Throwing Nothing at Nothing
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Curtis Dawkins“He’ll be like a piece of lint in some dark corner of that mitten, in a closet, in the pocket of a coat… more
Cancer Jokes
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Brad Felver“As I look at the final lab results, there’s that word, carcinoma, in such close proximity to my wife’s name, like a turd stuck to a Picasso… more
Taping It Up
CREATIVE NONFICTION by Michael WardI chose the black tape because it was less conspicuous. That, by the way, is like being forced to wear underwear on the outside of your jeans and choosing blue…… more
