My entire ten years of life on earth was spent keeping people from fighting with one another. “Not in front of the kid” were the famous words I heard. Grandma told me one time that I was an angel sent by God to help heal the family. None of my uncles nor my grandfather liked it much when my grandmother talked like that.… more
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Merry Xmas, OK?
FICTION by Sheldon BirnieThis year Chappy resolved to show his daughter what Christmas was all about. They’d do it together, like a real goddamn family.… more
To Need Me and Not Know
FICTION by Robert VoedischI’m staring at a door. It’s Mike and me, and the two of us are sitting in his crappy little car staring at the door of a crappy little house in Nordeast Minneapolis on the coldest night of the year. We’re staring at this particular door because inside is a guy named Neil Batteau. We… more
