My father had two brothers. The younger was named Ben and the older was named John. Both were alcoholics and ne’er-do-wells. My parents often spoke of them. “Neither of them amount to a...

At Mt. Justin, biology class was neat. We had Mr. Stanhope for our teacher. He was an old guy about 55 and we pretty much dominated him. Lilly Fischman was in the class and she was real...

consistency is terrific: shark-mouth grubby interior with an almost perfect body, long blazing hair—

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

absolutely sesamoid said the skeleton shoving his chalky foot upon my desk, and that was it,

There was this place. It stretched over the sea, it was built over the sea. An old place, but with a touch of class. We got a room on the first floor. You could hear the ocean running d...

sometimes after you get your ass kicked real good by the forces you often wish you were a crane standing on one leg in blue water

all the way from Mexico straight from the fields to 14 wins 13 by k.o. he was ranked #3

But then it began raining again. The Stone had me out on a thing called Sunday Collection, and if you’re thinking of church, forget it. You picked up a truck at West Garage and a clipbo...

turmoil is the god madness is the god permanent living peace is permanent living death. agony can kill

she wrote me for years. “I’m drinking wine in the kitchen. it’s raining outside. the children are in school.” she was an average citizen

is the slim tall ear-ringed bedroom damsel dressed in a long gown

she writes continually like a long nozzle spraying the air,