While my lover sleeps on my shoulder
I look at a tired old man sitting across from me on the subway and think about rubbing his face with both of my hands but not like it’s his …
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Nothing Can Save You Now
On Frank Sherlock and Redemption At a recent writing conference, I attended one of the many similarly titled panel discussions that revolved around what “we” are supposed to do with …
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Interview with Sir Anthony Hopkins
In my line of work, I run into a lot of A-list celebs. Usually I just nod at them and they wave. But the other day I decided to sit …
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Selection from “Stories from Fontana High”
[This is a short piece of a short piece from Book of Perverts, a compilation of experimental erotica by Ric Royer and Miriam Atkin] 1It was only 8:30 in the …
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Stripped Club
Now here’s a guy who loves to do some inflatable kayaking with his lovely girlfriend on a lovely day! But lest my life seem too bucolic, I made sure to …
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Escape from New York
New York City seems to know when you’re leaving it, so on your way out, it will throw as much as it can at you to break you down, pull …
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LISA CARVER LOVES ART
. Review of Lisa Carver’s I Love Art. . Originally published at www.vol1brooklyn.com I first met Lisa Carver in 2013 when she came through town to do a reading. Perhaps no single event had …
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OMG. Yesterday I found out that the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway stop – the one I get off at to go work – was where Michael Jackson’s video for “Bad” was shot. …
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I’m Cumming
“Cumming”… What a flaccid word that the majority of us have resigned ourselves to using for such a gloriously riveting event. Perhaps no other word in our language is so disproportionate to the experience it …
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Man Killing
A horror radio play about men killing men in manly ways… a rarity in the horror genre.It’s a charming little slasher play set in idyllic suburbia. Hit the link below …
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