If I remember correctly (and who can remember anything anymore) I smoked my first cigarette on the lawn of a church down the street from the school gym, after escaping the insufferable first dance of 9th grade, when I decided that school dances were lame and I’d rather be doing cool shit.… more
Tag Archives: Youth
Mermaid and Seaworm
Fiction by Michael PlaceShe said her hair was red as blood, and he said it already was the color of a penny and he liked to picture it the way it was.… more
Remote Controls and Menus (XVII)
Fiction by Mathew SerbackThings that go hand and hand – like professional wrestling and pornography.… more
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young R.E.M. Fan
Essay by Art Edwards“Being out of my mom’s house for the first time, surrounded by more cosmopolitan people I couldn’t relate to, deeply unsure of myself, I bonded with these albums. They told me there was a world out there not just for me to revere but emulate.”… more
BULLshot: Ryan Werner
Uncategorized by Pete WitteWisconsinite and author of “Go Says No” talks about arcades and life on the farm… more
Everything Far Away Up Close
Fiction by Nick Bertelson“Grandpa Bub grew up in a generation without alcoholics. There were plenty of winos, boozers, lushes and drunks, but that was back when alcohol had personality; it was your drinking that defined you… more
Don’t Mess
Fiction by Jeff Kass“Here’s how to think of the double arm-bar: imagine you’re lying face-down in the street and some roid-ripped police officer’s got his knee jammed between your shoulder-blades. Then he takes his nightstick and… more
Lodgers
Fiction by Ethel RohanHis father remained at the table, worrying the carrot from between his teeth with his dirty fork. His mother curled a solider of bread and sopped up the last of the lamb’s blood from her plate… more
