Category Archives: CREATIVE NONFICTION

CREATIVE NONFICTION (1000 WORDS OR MORE)

The Defeatist

{Oct 29, 2015}

Gael Monfils: Why plonk down a straightforward smash when you can leap four feet in the air and karate chop the thing home?… more

Insuring the Collection: A Life With Zero Deductibles

CREATIVE NONFICTION by Chris Drabick

{Oct 22, 2015}

Who the hell takes out an insurance policy on their records? Someone with too many records, that’s who.… more

Thin Skin

CREATIVE NONFICTION by Eugenio Volpe

{Jul 23, 2015}

Brad blamed my quick-comings on my foreskin. He’d read in Hustler that uncircumcised penises were extra-sensitive and therefore prone to premature ejaculation. I couldn’t argue. I’d always been extremely sensitive…… more

How to Throw a Drunken Punch

CREATIVE NONFICTION by Matt Young

{Jul 16, 2015}

Your target is not the man; it is not even the thing behind the man. Your target is a feeling… more

Rob Lowe in Flight

CREATIVE NONFICTION by Steve Adams

{Jun 25, 2015}

“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

On Subtraction and Rereading

CREATIVE NONFICTION by James Valvis

{Apr 6, 2015}

“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

{Mar 16, 2015}

“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

{Mar 2, 2015}

“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

{Feb 23, 2015}

“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