Author: Ric Royer

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 …

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 …

[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 …

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 …

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 …

. 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 …

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. …

“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 …