a single dog walking alone on a hot sidewalk of summer appears to have the power of ten thousand gods.

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

Katherine stayed 4 or 5 more days. We had reached the time of the month when it was risky for Katherine to fuck. I couldn’t stand rubbers. Katherine got some contraceptive foam. Meanwhi...

and so we suck on a cigar and a beer attempting to mend the love

I took Tammie. We got there a little ea… “Now don’t drink too much, Hank. You kn… “At last,” I said, “you’re talking sens… “You’re afraid of the audience, aren’t y… “Yes, but it’s not stagefright. It’s th…

Of all the guys left in the neighborhood, Frank was the nicest. We got to be friends, we got to going around together, we didn’t need the other guys much. They had more or less kicked F...

After dinner or lunch or whatever it was—with my crazy 12 hour night I was no longer sure what was what—I said, "Look, baby, I’m sorry, but don’t you realize that this job is driving me...

Somehow the money slipped away after that and soon I left the track and sat around in my apartment waiting for the 90 days’ leave to run out. My nerves were raw from the drinking and th...

one of the terrible things is really being in bed night after night with a woman you no longer

maybe I’ll win the Irish Sweepstakes maybe I’ll go nuts maybe Harcourt Brace will call or maybe unemployment insurance or rich lesbian at the top of a hill.