A clerk in a health food store became upset when I said I didn’t see anything I wanted since I wasn’t a vegan or vegetarian and liked my

I died from a rattlesnake bite and found myself in line with other zombies in front of a bank of elevators, the doors opening and closing as if by metronome.

Been in trouble all my life childhood through old age. I took the alleys

If he were perfect he wouldn’t be Dan the Handyman, laying tile in crooked rows,

He’s Brad and he’s captain of the football team. He’s been chosen prom king and has a scholarship to college. Everything’s going well for him

It was an ancient city. All the young people left as soon as they could but the old remained in their mortgaged huts

It’s Rocky’s Diner but it’s Brenda’s counter, been that way for 10 years. Brenda has her regulars who want the Special of the Day.

When Normal Norman takes his seat in Room 220 in Dumbach Hall to hear the eminent Dr. Engelhard… recite Beowulf again, Norman knows that he can suck

Seeing is believing smart people often tell me but no one ever told me believing is seeing

He’s a chef today but Raj Patel was once a swami in another life and a mongoose twice in other lives as well. All this occurred in Bangalore

Fred has been working with an agency called Hunters for the Hungry for five years. During that time, his food bank has received thousands of pounds of venison to feed the poor. This yea...

When I was in grammar school I knew it was Wednesday when I looked out the window and saw across the street three trash cans at the curb

I told my son now that he’s a father he has to be careful about what he says around his child. No swearing, of course,

Not a leaf left on the crabapple t… instead little red apples hang like ornaments on a Christmas tree… Little red apples that spend most of the winter covered with sn…