I don’t know how it happens to people. I had child support, need for something to drink, rent, shoes, shirts, socks, all that stuff. Like everyone else I needed an old car, something to...

The next day was Saturday and Debra cooked us breakfast. “Are you coming antique hunting with us today?” We ate in silence for a while, then she said, “I liked your reading at The Lance...

he talks like he writes and he has a face like a dove, unt… externals. little shiver of horror runs throu… about

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 ...

she was sitting in the window of room 1010 at the Chelsea in New York, Janis Joplin’s old room. it was 104 degrees

I keep thinking it will be outside now waiting for me blue front bumper twisted

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

I have a saying, “the tough ones a… back.” but Vera was kinder than most, and so I was surprised when she arrived that night

screen like a burglar to take your… the snake had crawled the hole, and she said, tell me about yourself.

what you see is what you see: madhouses are rarely on display. that we still walk about and scratch ourselves and light

welcome to my wormy hell. the music grinds off-key. fish eyes watch from the wall. this is where the last happy shot… fired.