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The 11th

The 11th

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The 11th hole tends to be where a kid admits their suicidal ideation, so that’ll slow things down. Anyway, you may have to provide an extra ball if it goes too deep into the water. We’ve put up some netting, but it only seems to work about half the time.more

Anniversary Hit

Anniversary Hit

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We’re not going to do him like in Buffalo. Does this look like fucking Buffalo? Is there four feet of snow on the ground? You see any rusted-out Camaros parked in front of pawn shops out here? This has got to look like an accident.more

Guide My Slay

Guide My Slay

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“What’s this talk of hunting with a twenty-two?” his dad says. “That’s too small a caliber.”
“Not if you want what you’re hunting to suffer,” Daryl says. “I want to take you into the woods, Dad, and shoot you a hundred times over before you die.”more

You Call It Grief

You Call It Grief

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You rue your giving your dog to that careless neighbor who had promised to bring him back after a walk. A walk indeed. A walk to meet with death. Fucking careless. Fucking stupid neighbor. You hope he dies too and rots in hell.more

Hotline

Hotline

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If you’re not rich or famous or powerful, then you’re just you, the guy nobody wants to hear whine.more

Goat Rock

Goat Rock

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As I climb, I remember all the times I’ve gotten ear infections from lake water that looked just like the green, muddy water below. I look down again and see the sign on the bank next to Damion. NO SWIMMING, it says. I keep climbing. Damion keeps shouting.more

Everybody Knows That Paul McCartney Died in a Car Crash in 1966

Everybody Knows That Paul McCartney Died in a Car Crash in 1966

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After you parted ways, you to your tour bus, your parents their station wagon to sign the non-disclosure agreements, what unasked questions would still linger between you, the way that ancient regrets linger like trapped smoke in empty dive bars?more

Three Middle-Aged Men Telling Scary Stories Around A Campfire

Three Middle-Aged Men Telling Scary Stories Around A Campfire

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Everything is exactly how they remember it: Three 21-year-old shitheads, disheveled with bad haircuts, ratty clothes, ugly macho postures. Except there’s a fourth guy this time, in between them, his arms hung around their shoulders.more

Warm Mayonnaise

Warm Mayonnaise

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Our corporate crusader would not allow his lactose intolerance to ruin his lunch. This was the only time he had to himself, the only part of his life that he didn’t necessarily enjoy so much as not suffer through. This was his only freedom.more

The Lemans

The Lemans

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This was 1999 and travel agencies were getting killed off by the internet and I was selling my vintage 1972 Pontiac LeMans because my wife, Corrine, fucked an FBI agent in it.more