Freddie Cleveland reeked of cooking grease. He’d battered, fried, boiled, basted, fricasseed and cooked chicken every way imaginable. He made it every day, one way or another. The smell never went away, never left his clothing. He figured it would …
Eric speeds by and with his wagon’s bullhorn systems screams, “Corn atcha!”
I’m sitting on the back of my wagon, legs barely touching the ground, stretching my back from the morning’s efforts, and point at the back of his vehicle …
Morning light edging in, New York City streets shine wet while Allison and Amy dance, sing and laugh through them. Honey sweet and seventeen, blissfully exhausted, folded umbrellas, top hats and tails, safe in their neighborhood.
Jasper now liberated from …
Madness runs as deep as the marrow in the Tate family. I just didn’t realize how far until recently.
It’s not that we’re criminally insane. That’s a bit nutty, thank you very much. We are simply eccentrics. No murderers, no …
The train pulled in, last stop on the Slovak border. I leant out, the snow was pelting down but the platform was crowded with heavily wrapped up folk. A young woman in grey pressed a wrapped package into my hand …
Hours have passed – seems like forever. We were due back in Tech right after lunch – it’s now two o’clock. “Hey, you dicks, let me out of here.” Me spending Thursday afternoon smoking weed with a bunch of lunatics …
James, as the doctors and staff at St. Mark’s Regional Hospital in San Diego insisted on calling him, applied pancake make-up over the band-aid camouflaging the skin lesion on his chin. He was glad to be home, surrounded by his …
Mario and Luigi worked from five until ten, twice a day in a brand name hotel in San Diego. First, they worked from 5 a.m. until 10 a.m. making breakfast and then they worked secretly from 5 p.m. until 10 …
Every time Edward “Shiny Shoes” walked down the sidewalk in front of our houses, my cousin Deana who lived next door and I would hide in the bushes. I think Edward knew we were hiding from him, but he …
The Hospital
Where is he?
He’ll be here.
I haven’t seen him yet. Have you?
I don’t know what he looks like, Scott. I haven’t met him yet.
You see the others coming out, don’t you?
It’s not important, she …