Marina Louise, Fay named the child. So there it was, Marina Louise Chinaski. In the crib by the window. Looking up at the tree leafs and bright designs whirling on the ceiling. Then she...

looking out the window smoking rolled cigarettes drinking Sanka and watching the workers come on in

Lydia met me at the airport. She was horny as usual. “Jesus Christ,” she said. “I’m hot! I play with myself but it doesn’t do any good.” “Lydia, my leg is still in terrible shape. I jus...

light brown stare that dumb blank marvelous light brown stare I’ll take care of it.

When I awakened a few hours later, Tanya was not in the bed. It was only 9 am. I found her sitting on the couch drinking out of a pint of whiskey. “I always get up at noon. We’re going ...

Slipping keenly into bright ashes, target of vanilla tears your sure body lit candles for men on dark nights, and now your night is darker

I took it home, opened the beer, got into bed and began. It started well. It was about how Janko had lived in small rooms and starved while trying to find a job. He had trouble with the...

there he is: not too many hangovers not too many fights with women not too many flat tires never a thought of suicide

she pulled her dress off over her head and I saw the panties indented somewhat into the crotch.

places to hunt places to hide are getting harder to find, and pet canaries and goldfish too, did you… that?

It was 3 or 4 days before I had to fly to Houston to give a reading. I went to the track, drank at the track, and afterwards I went to a bar on Hollywood Boulevard. I went home at 9 or ...

man, he said, sitting on the steps your car sure needs a wash and wax… I can do it for you for 5 bucks, I got the wax, I got the rags, I… I need.

old Butch, they fixed him the girls don’t look like much anymore. when Big Sam moved out of the back