Tag Archives: Work

Henry Offerson’s To-Do List

Fiction by David Holden

{Apr 22, 2021}

Henry Offerson has a lot on his mind.… more

Alternate Route Suggested

Fiction by AnnElise Hatjakes

{Mar 24, 2021}

Kenny was twenty-one when his son was born, and now at twenty-two, he regularly revised the last several months, envisioning himself as an author of the choose your own adventure books he read when he was younger.… more

WORK DON’T STOP WHEN THE WORLD IS ENDING

TECHNICOLOR COWBOY by STEVE COMSTOCK

{Mar 26, 2020}

The only things I’ve ever learned about loyalty, compassion, or real life love I’ve learned from folks with gnarled up hands and backs that don’t lay down right.… more

One Bird In-Hand is Worth Ten in the Bush

Fiction by Michael Hammerle

{Nov 11, 2019}

My grandma was glaring at Trixie’s fixings willing her to lie in the neat bed she’d made. Pearl was lying on her back with that piece of wood in her mouth. She was dusty and had her straw bedding stuck to her in small patches, some on her underbelly. All of her paws were outstretched to the sky. She was letting the piece of wood fall from her mouth and recatching it. Trixie’s phone was face-up flat on the dining table. The phone rang and we all looked to her expecting it to be Croker. Trixie quickly silenced it. … more

Crane and Hoist

Fiction by William Auten

{May 7, 2018}

Poor Joe Riggs. Time has slowed to a deceptive taffy-stretch for him while he waits for rescue.… more

Homer Postcard & Victim of a Crime

Fiction by Kurt Mullen

{Mar 5, 2018}

“You should see this piece of land I have,” he said. “Most days, it’s just me and the dog out there, and it’s beautiful.” It was the last thing I heard him say before he said goodbye. He was building a house. When he got back from six weeks in Portland it would be fall approaching winter, and even if he paid somebody to keep his worksite clear of snow, what kind of shape would he be in, working in the cold? … more

RYAN W. BRADLEY

BULL Interview by Benjamin Drevlow

{Feb 8, 2018}

So I’m a sucker for reading too much into an author’s bio. Example A: “Ryan W. Bradley has pumped gas, painted houses, swept the floor of a mechanic’s shop, worked on a construction crew in the Arctic Circle, fronted a punk band, and more.” Give me a bio that includes “worked construction in the Arctic… more

One Hundred Twenty Sunny Nights

Fiction by Justin Herrmann

{Aug 24, 2017}

Before I left Illinois, I told Julie I needed to do this once, meaning Antarctica, not adultery. More and more I don’t know what I want in this world.… more